Census takers targeted 113 times this month

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Census takers targeted 113 times this month

Updated 8:18 a.m. ET


More than 113 census takers have been the victims of assaults or attacks this month, the U.S. Census Bureau said late Wednesday.

In response to inquiries by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Census Director Robert Groves said the bureau's temporary workers knocking on doors to collect information have faced 29 threats involving a gun, four robberies and three instances of being held against their will or carjacked. Seven workers died in car accidents and one was killed while off duty.

The Census Bureau hired about 635,000 people to follow up with people who did not return questionnaires by the end of April. The process is more than half completed, and is scheduled to continue into July.

Bureau officials said the overall pattern and types of incidents are similar to the 2000 census, but cautioned this year's figures are already much higher than ten years ago and include a mix of news accounts and formal reports to the bureau's safety office.

The incidents include a census worker carjacked by a 14-year old and a California incident that resulted in the death of a woman.

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Or a crack house, or a chop shop, or any number of places -- some of these people don't want to be counted for a good reason.

I took the census for the past month, no problems like that.

Two or three people had an attitude, but no violence.

I count myself lucky.

The ones with the attitude, did you feel like it was all just a power trip game with them?

Drug dealers and anybody engaged in illegal activity of any kind based out of their home will be the first people to actually fill out the form and send it in on time. They know they don't want anybody snooping around their house and they damn sure won't be belligerent if a Census worker comes knocking, that will invite the cops further more.