census
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A question about race has appeared on every census since the first was taken in 1790.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Asian people, including many Chinese, make up the largest slice — roughly 59% — of the city’s population of 54,000, according to the latest census.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Carolyn Carlson, Data-Clear’s president and founder, said she provided nationwide voting data to the bureau that year as part of a project to try and prevent an undercount of minority voters in the 2030 census.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
He was writing about census rolls and cadastral maps.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
My father affected Americans—black and white—in untold measure and not always in ways as definitive as census charts and polls have dictated.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
The proposal would change the residence rules used in recent censuses and the definition of “usual residence,” which has long been the standard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
They held six caste censuses between 1871 and 1931 - the last full caste enumeration in India.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 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
That concern kept detailed caste documentation out of subsequent censuses, including after India gained independence in 1947.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 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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