Definitions for census
ˈsɛn səscen·sus

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. census, nose count, nosecountverb

   a periodic count of the population

2. censusverb

   conduct a census

   "They censused the deer in the forest"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. censusnoun

   An official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

2. censusverb

   To collect a census.

3. Etymology: From census, from censeo. See censor.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Census

   A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices.The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering the whole or a significant part of a country." "In a census of agriculture, data are collected at the holding level."The word is of Latin origin: during the Roman Republic, the census was a list that kept track of all adult males fit for military service. The modern census is essential to international comparisons of any kind of statistics, and censuses collect data on many attributes of a population, not just how many people there are. Censuses typically began as the only method of collecting national demographic data and are now part of a larger system of different surveys. Although population estimates remain an important function of a census, including exactly the geographic distribution of the population or the agricultural population, statistics can be produced about combinations of attributes, e.g., education by age and sex in different regions. Current administrative data systems allow for other approaches to enumeration with the same level of detail but raise concerns about privacy and the possibility of biasing estimates.A census can be contrasted with sampling in which information is obtained only from a subset of a population; typically, main population estimates are updated by such intercensal estimates. Modern census data are commonly used for research, business marketing, and planning, and as a baseline for designing sample surveys by providing a sampling frame such as an address register. Census counts are necessary to adjust samples to be representative of a population by weighting them as is common in opinion polling. Similarly, stratification requires knowledge of the relative sizes of different population strata, which can be derived from census enumerations. In some countries, the census provides the official counts used to apportion the number of elected representatives to regions (sometimes controversially – e.g., Utah v. Evans). In many cases, a carefully chosen random sample can provide more accurate information than attempts to get a population census.

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1. Census

   A census is an official and systematic process conducted by a governing body or organization to collect and record various demographic, social, and economic data about a specific population within a defined geographical area. This data includes information on the individuals' age, sex, marital status, occupation, education, income, housing, and other relevant characteristics. Censuses are typically conducted periodically, often once every decade, to provide accurate and up-to-date information for planning, policy-making, resource allocation, and research purposes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Censusnoun

   a numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years

2. Censusnoun

   an official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country

3. Etymology: [L. census, fr. censere. See Censor.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Census

   A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic censuses. The United Nations defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years. United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to coordinate international practice. The word is of Latin origin; during the Roman Republic, the census was a list that kept track of all adult males fit for military service. The modern census is essential to international comparisons of any kind of statistics and censuses collect data on many attributes of the population, not just how many people there are, although population estimates remain an important function of the census.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Census

   sen′sus, n. an official enumeration of the inhabitants of a country, and of statistics relating to them.—adj. Cen′sual, relating to or containing a census. [L. census, a register.]

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'census' in Nouns Frequency: #2717

How to pronounce census?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of census in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of census in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of census in a Sentence

1. Dale Ho:

   ( Trump's) latest attempt to weaponize the census for an attack on immigrant communities will be found unconstitutional. We'll see President Donald Trump in court, and win, again.

2. Shannon Monnat:

   The Census is the most important data in our country. Census data matter more than any other data that are collected by anyone in the US. A 2020 Census failure is a failure for the whole country.

3. Wilbur Ross:

   I respect the Supreme Court but strongly disagree with Supreme Court ruling regarding my decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau has started the process of printing the decennial questionnaires without the question. My focus, and that of the The Census Bureau and Justice Department is to conduct Decennial Census.

4. Jeff Sessions:

   But the census question -- which has appeared in one form or another on the census for over a hundred years -- is either legal or illegal. The words on the page don't have a motive ; they are either permitted or they are not, but the judge has decided to hold a trial over the inner workings of a cabinet secretary's mind.

5. Todd Godfrey:

   For us, building your tree usually starts with census records and birth and marriage and death, and those are the core of doing your family history, but there are these categories that tell the story, that help you understand the person better. We really think that this is another category that sheds light on that story.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=census
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Census
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/census
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=census
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=census