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census

[sen-suhs] / ˈsɛn səs /


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A women's rough sleeping census carried out by two charities - Solace Women's Aid and the Single Homeless Project - found that 1,406 women had slept rough in the previous three months.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Hadleigh Castle now lies in the Castle Point area of Essex, which recorded the highest number of people within England citing English as their national identity in the last census.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Single-family home starts declined 9% in April, the steepest drop since August, census data shows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Ordinarily, congressional districts are redrawn after each census.

From Barron's • May 26, 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




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