Is there some reason you _don’t_ want to fill this out? This
information is used in a variety of different ways, not just to get
some basic information across the nation. For example, in graduate
school we made use of this information to come up with a group of
study participants that mirrored certain demographics; we never would
have been able to do this — or if we did it would have been a much
longer and arduous task — had we not had this census information.
And we did not see specific information about specific people who
answered the questions, it was aggregated at the zip-code level (ie,
here’s the percentages of demographic X for zip code 12345).
I encourage you all to take the time to answer this important survey.
Please note I have no affiliation with the census or the US Government.
Thanks,
Stephanie