United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is a part of the United States Department of Commerce United States Department of Commerce

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. It is the government department responsible for the United States Census United States Census

The United States Census [i] is mandated by the United States Constitution [i]. ...

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Timeline

1790 The first United States census United States Census Bureau

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is authorized.

1890 The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith Herman Hollerith

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's tabulating machine Tabulating machine

The tabulating machine was a machine designed to assist in tabulations [i]. ...

to count census Census

A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population [i] . ...

returns.

1951 Remington Rand Remington Rand

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delivers the first UNIVAC I UNIVAC I

The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial compu...

computer to the United States Census Bureau.

Encyclopedia

The United States Census Bureau is a part of the United States Department of Commerce United States Department of Commerce

The United States Census [i] is mandated by the United States Constitution [i]. ...

.

Legal Mandate

The Constitution of the United States United States Constitution

The United States Constitution is the supreme law [i] of the United States of America [i]. ...

directs that the population Population

In sociology [i] and biology [i], a population is the collection of people [i], or organism [i] ...

be enumerated at least once every ten years , and each state's number of Federal Representatives United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers [i] of the United States Congress [i] ...

in Congress determined accordingly. The Census Bureau is in mandated with fulfilling these obligations: the collecting statistics about the nation, its people, and economy. The Census Bureau's legal authority is codified in Title 13 of the United States Code.

Organizational Structure

Since 1903, the official census-taking organ of the United States government has been the Bureau of the Census. The Bureau is headed by a Director, assisted by a Deputy Director and an Executive Staff composed of the associate directors.

The Census Bureau headquarters is located at 4700 Silver Hill Road, Suitland Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland

Suitland-Silver Hill is a census-designated place [i] in Prince George's County, Maryland [i]. ...

, Maryland Maryland

Maryland , is a Mid-Atlantic [i] state [i] located on the East Coast [i] ...

. There are regional offices in 12 cities: Boston Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the capital [i] of the Commonwealth [i] of Massachusetts [i] in the United States [i] ...

, New York New York

New York is a state [i] in the northeastern [i] United States [i]. ...

, Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, and known as The City of Brotherly Love i...

, Detroit Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state [i] of Michigan [i] and the seat [i] of Wayne County [i] ...

, Chicago Chicago

Chicago is the largest city [i] in the U.S. state [i] of Illinois [i], as well as the third-most populous [i] ...

, Kansas City Kansas City Metropolitan Area

The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area [i] situated at the confluence of the Kansas [i] ...

, Seattle Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the largest city [i] in the Pacific Northwest [i] region of the United States [i]. ...

, Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina [i] and the 20th largest in the United States [i], with ...

, Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the state [i] of Georgia [i] in th ...

, Dallas Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in the state of Texas [i] and the ninth-largest [i] ...

, Denver Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital [i] and largest city of the U.S. state [i] of Colorado [i]....

, and Los Angeles. Additional temporary processing facilities are used to facilitate the decennial censuses.

The Census Bureau also runs the Census Information Center cooperative program that involves 47 "national, regional, and local non-profit organizations." The CIC program aims to represent the interests of underserved communities.

Population Clock

The Census Bureau also mantains the Population Clock; a realtime extrapolation of information on population, birth and death to give their approximation of the number of people in the United States and the World.

References

The original version of this article was adapted from text.
from the U.S. Census Bureau contains detailed explanations of geographic terms used in the census.
The mission and operation of the U.S. Census Bureau are laid out in