Answers: Adding Up the 2010 Census

1. What is the official date on which this year's census will be recorded?

B. April 1

2. Which of the following is not determined by census results?

C. Income tax rates

3. Which of the following information is not requested on the census form?

D. Each member's income

4. Of the four designated census regions, which is the most populous?

C. South

5. True or false: Citizens in prison count as residents of the congressional district they resided in before they were jailed.

False. They count as residents of the district in which they're jailed.

6. In what state did the counting of residents for the 2010 census begin?

A. Alaska

7. True or false: The Constitution mandates conducting a national census once every 10 years.

True

8. Which of these groups of people is not included in the census?

D. All are included in the census

9. When will individual 2010 census results be available for public inspection?

C. 2082 (due to a 72-year privacy law)

10. Under what parent agency does the Bureau of the Census operate?

A. Commerce Department