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census

[sen-suhs] / ˈsɛn səs /


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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

The Journal analyzed census data from 2015 through 2024, the most recent data available.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

In Poland's 2021 census, 71 percent of the population identified as Roman Catholic, down from 88 percent 10 years earlier.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The analysis of the something census and how the something interacts with something as it pertains to something it was.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

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

Now experts from genealogy firm Findmypast have pored over censuses and newspaper archives to uncover the story of the workers who left the intriguing time capsule.

From BBC Nov. 30, 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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