[Don Corleone]

seems intrusive to me. Anyone know the facts?

[No name given]

Very good question.

[fwdude]

It is “legit” in the sense that yes, the U.S. Census Bureau distributes it and insists that you respond.

It is NOT legit in the sense that the Constitution doesn’t allow this.

[M1903A1]

It’s a pain in the ass, but it’s legitimate. Compiled ACS data is an important source of demographic information for governments, planning agencies, and the like.

[pfflier]

I got one and at first though it was an election season scam. I went online to research it and found out that it was, in fact, legitimate in the sense that it was a follow-up to the census.

They seemed particularly interested in housing type, home ownership, who resides at your home, income and whether you were of hispanic heritage.

They did not ask for bank account information or details that would be considered too "personal". I found it interesting that when it comes to gender identity, they followed the biological instead of the sociological trash we are constantly bombarded with now.

[cyclotic]

I a legit survey from census bureau. I still threw it away.

[Radix]

I used to get those. I always tossed them. Sometimes they would call me after sending multiple ‘reminders’ which I always ignored. Years ago Phyllis Schlafly wrote a column rebuking it. Around the same time George Will wrote a column praising it.

Senator Rand Paul put a stop to it years ago,but they keep bringing it back. I believe that it is not in accord with the Constitution's call for a census. This trash singles out people and asks a lot of invasive questions.

Send me another,in the trash it goes.

[KarlInOhio]

Be sure to have some fava beans and a nice chianti ready for when the census taker visits to see why you haven’t mailed it in.

[Chode]

are the questions different than the one they just took?