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[sen-suhs] / ˈsɛn səs /


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This figure is based on a wider review of US census data, although their study notes that it is hard to know exact numbers for certain.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Making things even harder is the lack of an up-to-date census in Venezuela.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

That decade saw fewer competitive House races before new maps created more battleground areas in 2010 and 2020, the result of regular redistricting that occurs every decade after the U.S. census.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

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

Of the 30,000 people who live in the Links’ census tract, 75 percent were born outside Georgia.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

They held six caste censuses between 1871 and 1931 - the last full caste enumeration in India.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2025

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

To our knowledge that had never happened between two consecutive censuses.

From Salon Mar. 5, 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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