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  • - Ah, the census, my favorite time of the decade.

  • - Census?

  • What's that?

  • - Oh, it is a special time when we count each person

  • in every home, in all the neighborhoods across the country.

  • One, one monster of Sesame Street.

  • (laughter)

  • - Do kids count?

  • - Of course.

  • Everyone in your home counts,

  • especially little kids and babies.

  • One, two.

  • Two little kids.

  • (laughter)

  • - But why do we count everyone?

  • - Ah, great question.

  • Counting everyone in your home

  • helps support your neighborhood for the next ten years

  • by funding things like schools, hospitals, and buses.

  • So count yourself and everyone in your home.

  • In ten minutes, you can complete the census

  • by calling or going to online,

  • or return your form by mail.

  • - It's easy. Secure.

  • And most important it's totally private.

  • - Make your family count.

  • - Ah ah ah.

  • (laughs)

  • - [Narrator] This year make sure every child counts.

  • Visit 2020census.gov.

- Ah, the census, my favorite time of the decade.

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