Thanks Kitty, but I wasn't referring to the 'there's gotta be another way' kinds of comments (because about that I agree ). I just don't understand why average folks don't want to answer the questions (I can understand why someone here illegally might mistrust it but that's another story).

One good thing though - and maybe this will set some fears aside - every household is getting the 'short form' this year. I think there are only 7 questions we need to answer about everyone living in the household ...it's pretty straightforward. The long questionaire isn't part of the census any more (at least not for 2010); it's sent out in a separate survey that happens annually to a few million homes...