COVINGTON, LA.--Nobody was home at the house I went to enumerate, so policy requires us to try and get the information by finding a...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla.--I just got my first case marked "Dangerous" today. There were warning notes about confederate flags and "Forget...

SEATTLE--I grew up as an urban, educated, white, upper middle-class male. With the census, I had a chance to talk with people who were...

MOBILE, Ala.--Of all the people I interviewed for the census, Mrs. M. is one that sticks out the most. I still visit her. She's an...

EASTERN ARIZONA--So I'm on the travel team to AZ and so far things have been great! They had me working in a beautiful mountainous area...

RURAL MINNESOTA--I closed two cases flagged with a Vietnamese language barrier today. One I got lucky on and an English speaker was home,...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY--First of all, getting into some of these buildings was challenging at times with Covid and all that. But I got into...

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--Just an enumerator here, and what we do can be pretty scary, especially if you're not used to going up to complete...

TAMPA, Fla.--I was a census taker in the sticks outside of Tampa. I walked up to a single-wide trailer to speak to the woman in the front...

BOSTON--I look at the map on the phone device and see one arrow pointing to one dot with 24 cases: Apartment building. Each case had 10...

NEW MEXICO—One of my census assignments was to count a local pueblo, and I received plenty of advice before I got there. I was told I...

OAKLAND--After numerous attempts to enumerate a property and leaving NOVs (notice of visit), this woman calls me and leaves an angry...

LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. --When I got this job, everyone warned me about “the crazies,” and told me to be careful, especially because out...

SUBURBAN LOS ANGELES--Money has been in this area for years, and at this mansion things were a bit worn and sad; keys in the door, house...