A census is an official count of members of a population of people (or of other living things). The government form of a census counts the residents or citizens in specified areas, often at regular intervals.
The US Census is an official count of the population done at 10-year intervals, with estimations or corrections made in the intervening years. The latest US Census is for the year 2010.
The purpose of the census is to gather information about the country and the people in it.
A census is formal counting of the population of a region or country.
The term comes from Latin. During the Roman Republic the census was a list that kept track of all adult males fit for military service. A census should be taken every 10 years according to United Nations recommendations.
Modern census data is used for research, business marketing, and planning. In some countries it is used to apportion electoral representation.
Why does the goverment have a census?
the counting of the population is called census
The next census will be taken in 2010. The census is taken every 10 years so the next will be 2020.
In the United States, the census is conducted every 10 years. The next census will be in 2010.
The government conducts a census every 10 years. Census takers knocked on doors in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010.
There never has been a worldwide census. The census in the US that was conducted in 2010 was a census of people living in the US and its possessions.
The census was first created in 1790 by the US Census Bureau.
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"Senses" is a homonym for "census."
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A national census is taken every ten years by the US Census Bureau.
2,233,169 as of the 2000 census 2,736,424 as of the 2008 census 2,763,885 as of the 2010 census
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