Comment on Is the census mandatory in the US for both citizens and tourists?
snooggums@piefed.world 2 weeks agoThere is no punishment for not filling out the census so it isn’t mandatory to complete it. Census workers will do their best to count the people in the household based on what information they have if you don’t do the census, so it really is better to just fill it out to increase accuracy.
dhork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is a punishment, on paper. You can be fined for not filling it out, or fined more for willfully lying on it. But, they have no enforcement arm, so it would be up to the Justice Dept to press charges, and I doubt they would bother.