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Censuses

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic censuses. In the latter cases the elements of the 'population' are farms, businesses, and so forth, rather than people. The United Nations defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years. The term itself comes from Latin: during the Roman Republic the census was a list that kept track of all adult males fit for military service.

The census can be contrasted with sampling in which information is obtained only from a subset of a population, sometimes as an Intercensal estimate. Census data is commonly used for research, business marketing, and planning, as well as a baseline for sampling surveys. In some countries, census data are used to apportion electoral representation (sometimes controversially - e.g., Utah v. Evans).

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛn.səs.əz/, SAMPA: /"sEn.s@s.@z/
Noun

censuses

  1. Plural form of census.
Category: English plurals

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How is the US population counted if the Census return rate is low?
Q. I've read in the newspaper that Atlanta's Census form return rate is around 40%. With such a low number of people actually filling out their Census forms and sending them back, possibly on a national scale, how is our country's population overall counted or even guessed at? Are there really more than twice as many people living here as we think?
Asked by specismaster - Thu Apr 1 03:09:14 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It's counted incorrectly in those places, and as such those places do not receive the services they might have otherwise have been eligible for.
Answered by tonalc2 - Thu Apr 1 03:11:25 2010

What question on the 2010 census is it manditory to answer?
Q. I know all the questions on the census don't have to be answered, but which one does have to be answered? The administration just wants extra information and are using our tax dollars to collect it. Not illegal, but not mandatory. And don't even bother to phone the number on the census form because the person answering doesn't have an answer and isn't allowed to answer questions. They just read a prepared message.
Asked by lollipop - Tue Mar 16 14:27:56 2010 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments

A. The only 1 you must answer is the # of people living in the household, this will effect of representatives in your state. its the only mandatory question
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