census

an official enumeration of the population

Not to be confused with:

senses – faculties such as sight, hearing, taste, smell, or touch; sensations; feelings

cen·sus

(sĕn′səs)

1. An official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information.

2. In ancient Rome, a count of the citizens and an evaluation of their property for taxation purposes.

tr.v. cen·sused, cen·sus·ing, cen·sus·ed

To include in a census; conduct a census of: "Every plant one centimeter in diameter or larger is censused every five years" (John P. Wiley, Jr.).

[Latin cēnsus, registration of citizens, from cēnsēre, to assess; see kens- in Indo-European roots.]

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census

(ˈsɛnsəs)

n, pl -suses

1. (Human Geography) an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc

2. any official count: a traffic census.

3. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) a registration of the population and a property evaluation for purposes of taxation

[C17: from Latin, from cēnsēre to assess]

ˈcensual adj

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cen•sus

(ˈsɛn səs)

n., pl. -sus•es.

1. an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.

2. (in ancient Rome) the registration of citizens and their property, for purposes of taxation.

[1605–15; < Latin: a listing of citizens, derivative of cēns(ēre) to assess]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	census - a periodic count of the population nose count, nosecount counting, enumeration, numeration, count, reckoning, tally - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
Verb	1.	census - conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest" count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

Translations

إِحْصَاءإحْصاء السُّكّان

sčítání lidu

folketælling

Volkszählung

απογραφή απογραφή πληθυσμού

censo

väestönlaskenta

recensement

cenzuspopis stanovništva

népszámlálás

manntal

censimento censo

国勢調査

인구 조사

surašymas

skaitīšana

census tellen volk volkstelling

folketelling manntall opptelling telling

spis ludności

censo recenseamento

перепись перепись населения

sčítanie ľudu

folkräkning

การสำรวจจำนวนประชากร

nüfus sayımı sayım

cuộc điều tra dân số

人口普查人口调查

census

[ˈsensəs]

A. N (censuses (pl)) → censo m
to take a census of → levantar el censo de

B. CPD census taker N (US) → encuestador(a) m/f del censo

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census

[ˈsɛnsəs] n → recensement m census datacensus data n → données fpl de recensement

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census

n → Zensus m, → Volkszählung f; (Bibl) → Schätzung f; (= traffic census) → Verkehrszählung f; to take a census (of the population) → eine Volkszählung durchführen

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census

[ˈsɛnsəs] n → censimento

census

(ˈsensəs) – plural ˈcensuses – noun

an official counting especially of a country's inhabitants. When was the last census in Britain?

census

→ إِحْصَاء sčítání lidu folketælling Volkszählung απογραφή πληθυσμού censo väestönlaskenta recensement popis stanovništva censimento 国勢調査 인구 조사 census folketelling spis ludności censo, recenseamento перепись населения folkräkning การสำรวจจำนวนประชากร nüfus sayımı cuộc điều tra dân số 人口普查

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They ought therefore to be comprehended in estimates of taxation which are founded on property, and to be excluded from representation which is regulated by a census of persons.

In every State, a certain proportion of inhabitants are deprived of this right by the constitution of the State, who will be included in the census by which the federal Constitution apportions the representatives.

As the accuracy of the census to be obtained by the Congress will necessarily depend, in a considerable degree on the disposition, if not on the co-operation, of the States, it is of great importance that the States should feel as little bias as possible, to swell or to reduce the amount of their numbers.

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But a wiser man has arisen--the census taker--and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the "Four Million."

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Though so short a period ago --not a good life-time --the census of the buffalo in Illinois exceeded the census of men now in London, and though at the present day not one horn or hoof of them remains in all that region; and though the cause of this wondrous extermination was the spear of man; yet the far different nature of the whale-hunt peremptorily forbids so inglorious an end to the Leviathan.

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But Plato, in his treatise of Laws, thinks that a difference in circumstances should be permitted to a certain degree; but that no citizen should be allowed to possess more than five times as much as the lowest census, as we have already mentioned.

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Whereas now, in one moment of audition, I take as it were the census and statistics, local, corporeal, mental and spiritual, of every living being in Lineland.

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And in passing I will ask you managers of society why you did not make public the census figures of 1910?

** In the United States Census of 1900 (the last census the figures of which were made public), the number of child laborers was placed at 1,752,187.

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According to Dr Mguni, the district commissioners have a fundamental role to play during the censuses as they oversee the census programme and its implementation at district level as well as being responsible for authorising district census procurement.

Statistics Botswana holds sensitisation workshop

Why should census officials not count residents in the daytime?

Mombasa residents' fear of theft during census is justified