I received a call from 240-420-6029 claiming to be from the census bureau. She said she calling because I didn't respond to a mailing to my physical address. When I tried to explain that I didn't receive it cause the post office doesn't deliver to our physical addresses in my small town she hung up on me. Don't believe she was from the Census Bureau.
This is from the Census Bureau. I recieve a call from them once a month. They are doing special surveys, and this is a legitimate number. They just called, and I talked to the same person who calls every month. The special surveys are for a period of one year.
I got a phone call from this number, they didn't leave a message. I have read online that this person claims to be from the U.S. Census Bureau. I have had a lot of calls from people claiming to be from the U.S. Census Bureau but they turn out to be false. I got the phone call from this number around 5:17pm. I doubt this number is the actual U.S. Census Bureau...especially since they didn't bother leaving me a message.
As of March '09 the US Census's Community Survey group is using this number to verify information on forms returned in response to the survey. If you do a Google search for US Census, and look under Community Survey FAQ's, there is a toll-free number to call in Maryland that will confirm that they are using 240-240-6029. But even better, they can just ask you the questions they need clarified and you're done...and since you have called them, you know it's them.