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census

[sen-suhs] / ˈsɛn səs /


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Blythe’s population of 18,000 in 2022 had fallen to 17,400 by 2024, the last year for which census statistics are available.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

She said the plan was to ensure equal population spread per constituency based on figures from the latest census - about 150,000 people in each, within a margin of 10%, so between 135,000-165,000.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

It didn’t let the Commerce Department change the rules with regard to the census.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

But according to the most recent Burning Man census, Samantha is an anomaly.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Researchers who have studied census data from 1980, 1990, and 2000 say the isolation of the affluent has increased.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

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

But they learned to work around the distortions introduced by the privacy method the Census Bureau used in the 1990, 2000, and 2010 censuses.

From Science Magazine May 3, 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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