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Bureau of the Census

American  

noun

U.S. Government.
  1. the division of the Department of Commerce that gathers, tabulates, and correlates census statistics.


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Bureau of the Census reported that nearly 700,000 Americans diedin 1908.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2016

The Bureau of the Census gave him an eminently unfixed quiz with a slim, two-week, $13-a-day prize, and Teddy flunked on the first round.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the third week in February, a pencil-wielding army of some 1,000 pollsters from the Bureau of the Census descended upon 50,000 households across the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

IT was only 20 years ago that the world's first commercially sold computer, a Univac Model I, was installed at the Bureau of the Census in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Published by the Bureau of the Census, 1904.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

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