Census question answered

For "snow birds" and others who have more than one address, and receive more than one questionnaire from the U.S. Census Bureau, federal officials want those citizens to use the address that they live at for most of the year as their actual residence.

If people split their time evenly between more than one address, select the address they will be living at on April 1, said Deni Luna, spokeswoman for the Seattle regional Census center.

As for those additional questionnaires mailed to secondary addresses, they should be filled out if possible, marking "0" for how many people live at that residence, she said.

She said those additional questionnaires should be marked "yes" to the question that asks if people "sometimes live or stay somewhere else?"

If a questionnaire isn't filled out and mailed back for a particular residence, then Census Bureau employees will travel to that address to gather information, Luna said.