census
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A file from the 1960s details the plans for collecting the censuses of population in Northern Ireland in both 1961 and 1966.
From BBC
In the first eight months of 2025, the Los Angeles metropolitan area authorized slightly fewer new housing units than the Austin, Texas, metro, despite having five times the population, according to census data.
Its last census, over 15 years ago, recorded 30% urban population.
From BBC
A military-run census last year admitted it could not collect data from an estimated 19 million of the country's 50 million-odd inhabitants, citing "security constraints".
From Barron's
The Austrian census of 1880 showed that the Germans of Laibach were outnumbered 3 to 1 by the Slovenes, who called the city Ljubljana.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
