census figures
National headcount data
Census figures are the numerical data collected from an official population count.
They include statistics on total population, demographics, housing, and other characteristics gathered during a census: The census figures showed the city had grown by twelve percent.
Governments and researchers rely on census figures for planning, resource allocation, and policy decisions.
- age distributionPopulation sorted by years
- household sizeResidents in one dwelling
- income levelsEarnings categories people occupy
- gender ratioProportion between sexes
- race and ethnicityIdentity tied to ancestry
enumeration · door knockers · mail-in form · undercount · unemployment rates · housing units · birth rates · apportionment · marital status · urban population · demographic data · death rates · population counts · head count · redistricting · district lines · literacy rates · metropolitan areas
- civic datademographics, population, crime rates, crime statistics, median income
census figuresguesstimates
Informed but imprecise calculations
estimates · projections · approximations · ballpark figures · extrapolations