census
Official population survey
A census is an official count of a population, typically conducted by governments at regular intervals.
Beyond headcounts, censuses gather demographic data—age, occupation, household composition, ethnicity.
The census is conducted every ten years in the United States.
Census data shapes political representation, resource allocation, and policy decisions.
The verb means to conduct such a count: The region was censused in 2020.
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- representationDepiction or likeness
- congressionalOf a legislature
- federalDivided governmental authority
mandate · legislation · policy · civic · bureau · regulation · compliance · decennial
Total of individuals present
- tallyRecorded count
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
roll · compilation · documentation · recording · cataloging · indexing · enumerators · canvassing
Statistical population characteristics
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- householdsCohabitating domestic units
- populationAll inhabitants combined
density · birthrate · migration · urbanization · settlement · occupancy · community · natives
Collected numerical information
- recordsStored data or albums
- datasetsOrganized digital records
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- informationKnowledge about something
trends · patterns · insights · quantitative · qualitative · demographics · tabulation · microdata
Formal inquiry form
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- sampleSubset for study
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- interviewFormal questioning session
survey · participation · confidentiality · outreach · nonresponse · imputation · sampling · weighting
redistricting
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- representationDepiction or likeness
- congressionalOf a legislature
federal · mandate · legislation · policy · civic · bureau · regulation · compliance · decennial · reapportionment
headcount
Total of individuals present
- tallyRecorded count
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
register · roll · compilation · documentation · recording · cataloging · indexing · enumerators · canvassing · quantification
demographics
Statistical population characteristics
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- householdsCohabitating domestic units
population · density · birthrate · migration · urbanization · settlement · occupancy · community · natives · villagers
statistics
Collected numerical information
information · trends · patterns · insights · quantitative · qualitative · demographics · tabulation · microdata · aggregates
questionnaire
Formal inquiry form
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- sampleSubset for study
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
interview · survey · participation · confidentiality · outreach · nonresponse · imputation · sampling · weighting · longitudinal
Bethlehem
Nativity's traditional setting
Mary · registration · taxation · decree · Roman · enrollment · Judea · journey · manger
- civic lifevoting, civic engagement, civic responsibility, civic education, civic leader
- written documentsnewspaper, diary, journal, manuscript, scroll
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- historical surveyspoll, oral history, land survey, tax record, parish register
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- counting wordscount, tally, total, sum, number
censussample
Subset for study
random sample · sampling · poll · survey · spot check
- political censorshipGovernment restricting public expression
- government censorshipOfficial restriction of expression
- news censorshipRestricting published information
- book censorshipRestricting access to texts
- state censorshipGovernment restricting public expression
- census recordsOfficial population survey documents
censure, censor, censorship, censored, uncensored, censorious, censors, censoring, censurable