census
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Redistricting, or redrawing the nation’s congressional lines to reflect changes in population, used to occur once a decade following the national census.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ecuador's latest census found that among its 19 million people, nearly 7.6 million have dogs and cats as pets -- almost double the number of children ages 12 and under.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Lakeside’s median household income stagnated at $77,435 in the five years ending in 2024, adjusted for inflation, according to the most recent census survey data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Researchers calculated what could happen if every newborn child in high-poverty census tracts received seed money in the accounts but made no extra contributions over 18 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The 2000 census counted 186,872 Mexicans in New York, triple the 1990 figure, and there are undoubtedly many more today.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
They held six caste censuses between 1871 and 1931 - the last full caste enumeration in India.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
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
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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