census bureau
Headcount government office
A census bureau is a government agency responsible for conducting population counts and collecting demographic data.
In the United States, the Census Bureau conducts the constitutionally mandated decennial census and ongoing surveys tracking employment, housing, and economic indicators.
The census bureau released new population estimates for metropolitan areas.
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- head countNumber of individuals present
- surveySystematic data collection
- data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts
- income distributionHow earnings are shared
redistricting · enumeration · questionnaire · apportionment · sampling · agency · employment rate · population growth · administration · poverty line · federal · education levels · migration · health outcomes · fertility rate · ethnicity · tally · urbanization
- demographybirth rate, death rate, demographics, fertility rate, population growth
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- federal servicesSocial Security, Medicare, IRS, USPS, postal service
- government bodiesagency, legislature, department, ministry, judiciary
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
- bureausFBI, CIA