census
noun
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex or gender, occupation, etc.
censuses
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pluralof census.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Between the censuses of 2010 and 2020, the number of Americans reporting that they belonged to more than one race jumped by 276%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
At 2.6%, it’s a slight gain over the 2.1% recorded in the 1990, 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Now experts from genealogy firm Findmypast have pored over censuses and newspaper archives to uncover the story of the workers who left the intriguing time capsule.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
That concern kept detailed caste documentation out of subsequent censuses, including after India gained independence in 1947.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2024
His Cange census allowed him to begin building files and to create a baseline against which future censuses could measure how well his system was working.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
