This number actually does belong to the U.S. Census Bureau. Follow this link and you'll find it listed among the other Census Bureau numbers, which also include 888-817-2153: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/are-you-in-a-survey/identify/census-interviewer.html

They call 3 and 4 times a day. Cannot return call, number does not take calls. No one answers the phone if I do pick up. I see from everyone it is a scam, Census Bureau does mail surveys  and never asks for your personal info. I have taken the real surveys before.

I got a call from this number yesterday....a Sunday....and caller ID showed "Census Bureau." I thought it was  little odd that the CB would call on a Sunday, but I answered after 3 rings. A woman with a very thick accent....I could barely understand her.... said she needed to "verify" some information and asked if my address was xxxx Street.....which was a place where I'd lived 15 years ago!!! Then it clicked in my head that the 2010 Census would have the correct information, and I figured it was just another scam to get personal info. I said I wasn't interested and hung up.

I didn't recognize the number and let it go to voicemail.  An automated message was left on my voicemail telling me it was the Census Bureau calling.  They sent a survey to my home in January 2014 on which I placed my phone number because I was expecting a return call due to my response to their survey.  (I gave them my phone number in hopes they would call instead of sending someone to my elderly father's door.)  I called them back and spoke to a woman who began asking all the questions that I ignored on the survey.  I told her I would answer no more questions and hung up.  

I got a call from a person, man, who was listed as Census Bureau.  He identified himself as the United States Census Bureau.  He got the phone number (mine) mixed up when he read it back to me.  He had a foreign accent, Arabic perhaps.  When I was reluctant to respond and asked where he was from, he hung up.

Received call from this number (male with strong accent) stating he was from the US census bureau and was he calling xxx-xxx-xxxx.  I informed him he had the wrong number. He called back, left message to call 888-817-2153 and gave a case number.

me again....I reported this number above earlier this month....they are still trying.  It is my business line, and I have to answer all of my calls or I miss out on sales.

Again, I hope they choke on a bag of dicks...death to these cumdumpsters, I hate them.  Thanks for letting me vent....I am sure I'll be back as they will continue to call me...  UGGGGGG

I buy a phone that block this number :-)

FYYFF!  I hate these scammers.  claims to be US census, I just hang up.  They need to go eat a bad of juicy dicks and die.  Thanks! :)

888-817-2153 and 520-798-4152

I called both - 888 number works sort of.  I called this number and some spanish speaking lady comes on and says that she is with the US census bureau- I aksed where she was located - -can't tell me.  I asked why we (business) were getting this call - about a surevey mailed - she gave me the address and I said that this was a business.  She asked for the name and I declined. Told her to take our number off their list and she could not - total nonsense.

If you check the Census Bureau it says that they will NOT call you for a survey unless the FIRST send you a letter letting you know they will. And yes, it's illegal not to answer questions from the Census Bureau but be sure it's really them.

This number is a scam.

calls constantly  annoying

This unwanted and unanimous telephone line 520 798 4152 has reached my Google number today and left a message to call 888 8172153 (US Census Bureau) . This is a scam. The woman has a very heavy accent (She was calling from India , I guess ).  I need to file a formal complaint to stop this BS.

call 520 798 4152 to complain speak to the secretary

520 798 4152 and 812 218 3144- It is a scam

I receive a call " caller ID states census Bureau 812 218 3144" at 8: 42 PM on feb 3 rd, Sunday while watching Football Game,She asked me and my family info then she was asking me my birthday, do we use gas or oil,I think it is a scam. Then a man called from 520 798 4152 : caller ID staes again Census Bureau", he wants to know my info, I said I am not giving my birthday to you, he hang UP. It is really a scam

They are at it again - have received 3 differnet calls, first a male asking me if I had received a mailing from the census bureau ` no - haven't seen a thing - he then read off an address and it was not mine - this is on my cell phone that he called me on as well.  I then hung up. Next call I said I still haven't seen anything in the mail and I am not answering anything over the phone. Today it was the lady in Arizona - I had a message in my voice mail and I called to let them know they are calling the wrong person - she asked for my name - ? They are calling me and don't know my name??? I again said I have not received anything in writing verifying who they are and I am not giving any info - even my address over my phone - I told her she is using my minutes and to stop calling me - she said this is a cell phone? And I said yes and hung up on her. Our tax dollars at work or scam - I don't really know and am leery - had 2 calls last week - one there are burglarys in my area - next one the FBI is reporting burglaries in my area.... Not playing.

And who validates your legitimacy?

Legit call, it's the Census Bureau. They asked me to confirm some questions I've sent a couple of weeks ago through one of their mail survey. The questions were similar to the survey, it's a standard survey quality process.

I answered the call. A woman was trying to say something but she was breaking up really bad. This is maybe the 10th call from this number and I never can talk with this woman. Suspicious at least!!

next time they call me im gonna answer w/ a f-u msg then stay on the phone costing them precious time and money. after all i allready filled out my census report last year.... btw thats in paper, and no asking for secure info...

census bureau message machine, DO NOT CALL MY PHONE where do these people get my cell phone number? it's invading personal private information. It's best to block the number and not hear from them again

Just received a call this morning ... Woman said she was calling from thee US Census Bureau and first repeated my number and asked if it was correct.  I replied that she has just dialed it, so yes.  She then asked if I was "the lady of the house" to which I stated that I don't provide personal information over the phone so if this is a survey, I'm not participating.  She said she had to verify information -- repeated her questions...I repeated my response.  This went around a total of three times and I finally stated more firmly that I DO NOT ANSWER PERSONAL QUESTIONS OVER THE PHONE.


Get this:  she then attempts to threaten me with "OK, there are penalties for not responding, so do you want me to put you down as refusing to comply or....". I hung up while she was finishing that ridiculous statement.

Caller ID only states Tuscon, AZ.   If this legitimately is the US Census Bureau then I suggest the head of this organization pick up a news paper, watch a news report, ask a friend... Do something to get caught up to speed on the prevalence of IDENTITY THEFT scams .   I mean really, who sat around at the "bureau" and decided that cold calling Americans for personal information from a random telephone number was "good idea". ??   I believe this is a scam... Really hope my tax dollars are not paying for this level of incompetence.

You too are a shill for a scam.

You are a shill for a scam.  Admit it.

I don't know who makes these calls, but it is unlikely to be the census bureau.  I contacted the state attorney general after the call, just like I told the girl on the other end that I would.  

From the onset of the call I told the girl that I didn't believe that she was with the census bureau. I said that the census bureau sent someone to my house with a clipboard to ask me questions during the census and that they could do that again. At that point in the conversation she mentioned a few questions that she would ask me after I confirmed my address.  I didn't confirm my address and the conversation ended.

I think it's some phishing scam.  They'll get caught.  Take note of days and times that they try to call and notify your attorney general.

Got a call on my cell phone tonight from this number, claiming to be the Census Bureau.  His first question was about my household income.  When I asked himto send me any questions he hasin writing the man said that I probably wouldn't give him my address.  I told him that if he was really from the census bureau he should have my address.  When he didn't respond I hung up.

I don't care if it is legit. It's still harassment. Why would they need to call me for information that was already given to them via the census survey?  I did my job and filled out that long, invasive survey and now they need to get off their butts and read it!  It seems you're only required by law to fill out the survey not to respond to incessant phone calls and follow-up visits.  I say they should call and harass the people who take advantage of welfare.  They're using government and taxpayer money so why not make them work some for it?

On tangent here, but I saw a lady at Walmart using a WIC check one time and holding up the whole line when she clearly looked like she did not need WIC.  She was in designer clothes, had a Coach bag, bought a bunch of name brand foods, and bought her son a bunch of toys, too!.  If she was really needy, she'd put that money to better use buying food and not making taxpayers pay for it!  I remember being poor and not having any toys as a child.  The people on welfare these days are spoiled!  And there I was in the same line, an average working citizen buying generic foods and using coupons.

I've also seen those welfare credit cards being used at restaurants, the movie theaters and amusement parks. Really?!?! I can't even afford to go to many of those places and I'm not on welfare.

This is legitimate.  It is the Tucson Call Center for the US Census Bureau (CATI).  Their main number's last four is 4160.

The US Census Bureau is the best example going of how badly our Government has gotten out of hand .  The American Community Survey is the most un-American appalling attack on the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens that has ever occurred.  The US Census Bureau has unlimited resources.... all paid for by your tax dollars.... to harass you by phone, and in person at your door, and by questioning your neighbors to gather information that our forefathers who founded this country would never have allowed.  And your government has given itself the right to fine you and ruin your life if you do not obey their demands for your most basic, private, personal information that WILL eventually be used against you.   This is the type of thing that eventually leads to revolution.  We are no longer represented or supported or protected by our supposed "representatives" in Washington who have determined that they are now our ruling class and who have decided that we all should be cataloged and subjected to their demands and affronts on our personal freedom.  When the revolution comes I know what side I will be on. Do not give up your guns.....when they eventually come to demand them, hide them.... your freedom and the future of your family depends upon it.   God bless America, and God Damn our current un-American government.  The time is coming to rise up and take back our country. Be ready, be willing, and be able to defend yourself and your family!  You WILL have to make a decision in your lifetime.  Will you be a patriot, or will you be a good Nazi and go along with the demands of your oppressors in hopes they will leave you alone and focus on the Jew, the Black, the Muslim, or whatever group they decide to target first?