Are these people hounding me even legitimate. A dude even came to my house. Thoughts?
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I've worked for the Census a couple of times. In addition to the decennial census, the U.S. Census Bureau also conducts surveys for other departments within the federal government. Housing starts, labor statistics, USDA, Housing assistance are a few examples of ongoing surveys they conduct. The person you are dealing with is more than likely a permanent (Not decennial temporary) employee of the Census Bureau - those people usually have that job because they have no problem lying to people and/or bullying people into answering their surveys, Call the cops on her for violating your private property rights and ignoring your no trespassing sign - DO NOT threaten them or act too aggressively or you WILL wind up on a "list" - count on it.
So just ignore the letters they send as well?
That is a choice you have to make. A few facts might help you with your decision.
Only 3 people have ever been prosecuted for failure to complete a census survey in the entire history of the. Us.
The last time anyone was prosecuted was 1970
The census bureau is not a law enforcement agency, they are under the Department of Commerce.