Where were you staying on April 1? It's a simple question everyone in the U.S. is asked to answer on the 2020 census, but it's become confusing for those displaced by the pandemic.
College student Jake Mershon poses in front of his parents home Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Roswell Ga. Mershon, who just finished his sophomore year at Florida State University in Tallahassee, moved back in with his mother, her fiance and his sister in Atlanta after on-campus classes shut down in mid-March. His mother included him on the census form for her household, and neither Mershon nor his three other roommates filled out a questionnaire for their Tallahassee apartment.
The pandemic has fostered sudden, unexpected dislocation, making a typically easy question confusing for the newly displaced. Census Bureau guidance puts her in St. Louis, so when she fills out her form, she’ll have to ignore the part about where she was on April 1 — the date that determines where people are counted once a decade.The displacement is especially worrisome in New York City, which has been the epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak.
People who answer the questionnaire without an ID number are identified and counted by their address. “If they are not sure whether they will return to their usual residence after the crisis ends, then they should be counted where they are staying on April 1, 2020,” the agency said. “She was like, ‘Of course, I’ll count you here,’” Mershon said. “There’s no way I will be counted in Tallahassee because of everything going on.”
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