Census 2000 Long Form
The "long form" collected the same information as the "short form," but it also asked questions on additional topics. Thirty-two questions were asked of each resident of the housing unit on such topics as marital status, education, language spoken at home, employment, occupation, and others. Twenty-one questions were asked about the housing unit itself, so only one resident of that housing unit was asked to provide information on such topics as plumbing and kitchen facilities, type and cost of utilities, value of the property, and others.
The upcoming 2010 Census will include only one form sent to the entire U.S. population. That form will ask only questions similar to those contained in previous census short forms. The 2010 Census will provide a basic count of the U.S. population, collecting only the most basic demographic and housing information. Detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data will no longer be collected as part of the decennial census. The data that were collected from the long form sample are now produced from the American Community Survey.