{"id":31091,"date":"2020-04-09T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=31091"},"modified":"2020-04-11T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T12:08:00","slug":"census-2020-how-to-count-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/census-2020-how-to-count-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Census 2020: How to count yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\"><strong>Fill out there Census here:<a href=\"https:\/\/2020census.gov\/?\"> https:\/\/2020census.gov\/?<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Census 2020 started April 1 and here\u2019s what the UTC community needs to know:<\/p>\n<p>Students are counted at their \u201cusual residence\u201d or where they live and sleep \u201cmost of the time.\u201d This means that college students are counted at their college address, either on or off campus. Living on campus student body does not have to count themselves \u2013 UTC administration has already worked with the Census bureau.<\/p>\n<p>College students who live in off campus housing and are no longer on or near campus on\/before April 1, should use their off campus address and follow the Census Bureau instructions for Responding to the 2020 Census without a Census ID number.<\/p>\n<p>Students can fill out the census online, through phone or mail.<\/p>\n<p>Why is the Census important to college students? The Census impacts billions of dollars of federal aid that help pay for things such as school safety, mental health services and Pell Grants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where college students are counted<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you live in an on-campus dorm: You are counted at your dorm address**<\/li>\n<li>If you live in off-campus housing: You are counted at the address where you live**<\/li>\n<li>If you live with your parents: You are counted at your parents\u2019 home<\/li>\n<li>If you are studying abroad on April 1 :You are not counted in the Census<\/li>\n<li>If you are a foreign citizen living and attending college in the U.S.: You are counted at your on- or off-campus address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students are counted at their \u201cusual residence\u201d or where they live and sleep \u201cmost of the time.\u201d This means that college students are counted at their college address, either on or off campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/census-2020-how-to-count-yourself\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1364,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[661,64],"tags":[99073],"class_list":{"0":"post-31091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-students","8":"tag-u-s-census","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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