Remember, you say “screw them” and they prosecute you, if found guilty its jail, $$$, and importantly, you give up the right to carry or buy a gun. Just saying!!!
The requirements are spelled out in Title 13 of the United States Code of Laws. The statue says that anyone 18 and older who refuses or ‘willfully neglects’ to answer the questions connected with the census shall be fined up to $100. Anyone who willfully gives false information to any question can be fined up to $500. At one time, individuals could be imprisoned up to 60 days for refusing to comply with the census and up to a year for willfully providing false information, but the penalties were amended in 1976. Incidentally, the law does not compel anyone to give information about religious beliefs or membership in a religious group.