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<br />What if this address is not a residence or home? <br />If there is an apartment, mobile home, room or group of rooms where people live <br />or stay at this address, then a household member who is at least 15 years of age <br />can fill out and return the form by mail in the postage-paid envelope provided. If <br />the address is nonresidential or if people do not live or stay at that address, then <br />do not complete the form. A census worker will visit the address to verify that it is <br />nonresidential and remove the address from the master address list. If you <br />receive additional letters or forms in the mail, simply ignore them. <br />What if the housing unit at the address is vacant on Census Day? <br />If the housing unit is vacant on Census Day, then do not complete the form. A <br />census worker will visit the address and collect information from a knowledgeable <br />respondent on the status of the unit. If you receive additional letters or forms in <br />the mail, simply ignore them. <br />We are all visitors at this address. Should we fill out the form? <br />No, include only those people who live or stay there most of the time. But if you <br />have no other permanent place to stay, you should fill out the form. If no one <br />lives there most of the time, then enter a zero in question one for the number of <br />people. Do not mark any other items. Please return the form in the enclosed <br />postage-paid envelope. <br />I returned my completed form but a census worker still visited my home. <br />Why? <br />The Census Bureau may not have received your form in time to update the <br />census worker's assignment, or your form may have been delayed or lost in the <br />mail. When this happens, the Bureau instructs the census worker to collect your <br />information anyway to remove the risk of not receiving your information. <br />Do I fill out the form if I'm moving out before April 1, 2010, or if the unit will <br />be vacant on April 1, 2010? <br />No, please do not complete the form. The census counts people where they live <br />on April 1, 2010; look for a form to be delivered to your new address. <br />Why did I receive a bilingual form? <br />The Census Bureau is providing this form in areas where census data suggest <br />there are many Spanish speakers who could benefit from receiving a form in <br />Spanish as well as English. The Bureau believes this will help respondents <br />complete the form with limited assistance from the Census Bureau. <br />Is information shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the <br />Internal Revenue Service, courts or the police? <br />No, individual census records are not shared with anyone, including government <br />agencies or private organizations. It is against the law for the Census Bureau to <br />give personally identifiable information about an individual to any other individual <br />or agency until 72 years after it is collected for the decennial census. After 72 <br />