[Ouderkirk]

You're pretty much S.O.L. on this one. This guy is going to keep hammering you until you give him an interview.

I had the same problem in 2000. The interviewer kept contacting me, leaving her business card etc. When I had her come over when I was home she had the standard battery of questions. Income, race, marital status, kids. I told her to look at me to determine race, and to look around my living room for evidence of female inhabitance or kids. For income I told her to go......herself, if they wanted my income to go to the IRS or Socialist Security for my reported AGI.

You're better off just giving them the five minutes and keep your answers on point and minimal. You're not going to win this one, Sorry.

[tkas]

Census takers looking for any thing other than a direct count are getting paid for "extra-constitutional" activities. I have NEVER answered any questions other than the number of people living in the house, even when they called me late at night. I told them exactly why I had non intention of cooperating. He went away. At best they are wasting tax dollars, at worst, well, I don't like my private business in the hands of any more bureaucrats than absolutely necessary. Besides, if we stop cooperating with the survey, it will be meaningless and maybe they will stop trying. The racial info is the worst. The gorvernment should not be counting us by race.

The husband of a friend is black........and albino. His race doesn't match his appearance. They had fun playing with a census worker once.

[Dont Mention the War]

Ouderkirk is correct. While I have some sympathy for the arguments posted above regarding the theoretical constitutionality of the Census Bureau's tactics and mission creep, the reality is that they have the legal right to keep bothering you from now until the end of time if you don't cough up the info they seek.

I do agree with those above who said you should make 100% sure this guy is truly with the Census Bureau before answering his questions. And as has already been noted, how are they going to know if you lie in your responses? If they already had the information, they wouldn't have to be asking you for it in the first place. Just BS the guy and get him off your back. It's not a battle worth fighting.

[Freebird Forever]

This guy is going to keep hammering you until you give him an interview.

That's not true. They eventually give up or obtain the information in some other way.

I haven't contributed information to a census since 1980.