This is the response I received back from the Census Office. Deborah -----Original Message----- From: genealogy@census.gov [mailto:genealogy@census.gov] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 3:03 PM To: Deborah.Mueller@chron.com Subject: [HAG2000031400000545] Re: Short census form Hello, The choosing of households that will receive the long form is done by computer in early 1999. The long-form is also known as a "sample form." It is sent out to a sample of the population (1 of every 6 households). Its goal is to get response from a representative group of the entire population (by age, race, etc). There is no human intervention when choosing households receiving the long-form so as not to disrupt the sample. As a result, I am sorry to say the Bureau can not take requests for the long-form. Jason History Staff Bureau of the Census agentreply@imc.it.census.gov on 03/14/2000 03:18:46 PM To: Jason G Gauthier/DIR/HQ/BOC@BOC cc: Subject: [HAG200003140000054556562] Short census form