census
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Together, these discoveries may eventually help astronomers build the most complete census yet of the universe's enormous black holes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Journal analyzed census data from 2015 through 2024, the most recent data available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Ecuador's latest census found that among its 19 million people, nearly 7.6 million have dogs and cats as pets -- almost double the number of children ages 12 and under.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
As an example, “if Obama’s mother opened the door” to the census taker, baby Obama would have been entered as white.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Almost all are Tzotzil, a southwestern branch of the Maya; in 1995, the most recent date for which census data are available, about 28,000 did not speak Spanish.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Between the censuses of 2010 and 2020, the number of Americans reporting that they belonged to more than one race jumped by 276%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
At 2.6%, it’s a slight gain over the 2.1% recorded in the 1990, 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
However, between the 2017 and 2022 censuses, that decline accelerated dramatically.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
As of 2020, Christians comprised 47% of the global migrant population, Muslims 29%, Hindus 5%, Buddhists 4% and Jews 1%, according to Pew Research Center's analysis of UN data and 270 censuses and surveys.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
His Cange census allowed him to begin building files and to create a baseline against which future censuses could measure how well his system was working.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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