census
noun
cen·sus
ˈsen(t)-səs 
1
: a count of the population and a property evaluation in early Rome
2
: a usually complete enumeration of a population
specifically
: a periodic governmental enumeration of population
According to the latest U.S census, 16% of the population is of Hispanic or Latino origin.
census
transitive verb
Examples of census in a Sentence
According to the latest census, the racial makeup of the town has changed dramatically in the last 50 years.
a thorough census of all the grizzly bears living within the national park
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Child poverty more than doubled from 5.2 percent in 2021 to 12.4 percent in 2022, according to census data, which was the first overall increase since 2010.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, enumerators recorded all of the members of the Jones household as white.
—Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
Ninety percent of the community is Black and about 8% white, according to recent census data.
—Marquise Francis, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Georgia’s shift from red to purple is widely credited to diversification in the Atlanta metro area, where the population grew by 15% between 2010 and 2020, while the white population shrank by 2%, according to the most recent census data.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, enumerators recorded all of the members of the Jones household as white.
—Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
Ninety percent of the community is Black and about 8% white, according to recent census data.
—Marquise Francis, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Georgia’s shift from red to purple is widely credited to diversification in the Atlanta metro area, where the population grew by 15% between 2010 and 2020, while the white population shrank by 2%, according to the most recent census data.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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census
noun
cen·sus
ˈsen(t)-səs
: a counting of the population (as of a country, city, or town) and a gathering of related statistics done by a government every so often
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