How can someone who doesn speak English answer the Census?
Forms mailed to private residences will be in English only. (Exception: in Minnesota, selected blocks in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Worthington will receive bilingual Spanish/English forms). You can also request and submit an official form in Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Russian. Other language groups can request an informational form in their language to use as a guide, but must submit the final English form only. See the list of available languages below. The sample form is currently available in English and in a bilingual English/Spanish version. The actual questionnaire that will be mailed to households in March 2010 will be available in a variety of languages, including Spanish – Korean – Vietnamese – Simplified Chinese – Russian Language Assistance Guides These provide in-language help for answering the English census form. If you distribute these guides, please make it clear these are only guides and cannot be filled out and returned. There are over 50 ad
