As the this spring Census gets underway , the counting process will be especially difficult . The census questionnaire asks for a count of all people who live and sleep in the household `` most of the time , '' as of April 1 , but not those who are living away at college or in the military or those who are living in a nursing home or who are in a jail , prison or detention facility . Latino says recession has led to people doubling up in living quarters . She says Audrey Singer leaders are split over how to deal with the census . The census aims to count everyone , whether they 're legally entitled to be in the United States , the Census Bureau says .
As the this spring Census gets underway , the counting process will be especially difficult . Latino says recession has led to people doubling up in living quarters . She says Audrey Singer leaders are split over how to deal with the census . The census aims to count everyone , whether they 're legally entitled to be in the United States , the Census Bureau says .