Census 2000 Short Form
During Census 2000, the "short form," asked several questions on the most basic demographic and housing topics. These questions pertained to age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, the number of people living in the housing unit, and whether the housing unit was owned or rented by the resident.
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.