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Definition of Census

Census A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years. An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country. Related Definitions: An, And, Country, Estate, Five, For, General, Imposing, In, Made, Number, Numbering, Of, Official, Once, Other, People, Purpose, Registration, Statistics, The, Their, Valuation, Value

Census Quotations The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. Tom G. Palmer According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules. Jeff Miller There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997. Estelle Morris The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does. Tom G. Palmer At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas. Julie Bishop

Census Translations census in French is recensement census in Italian is censimento census in Spanish is censo

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