How to Use census in a Sentence
census
noun- According to the latest census, the racial makeup of the town has changed dramatically in the last 50 years.
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Rose’s Cafe and Terzo, the new census numbers come as no surprise.
— Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2022 -
In our last census, Black folks wanted to see white supremacists removed from law enforcement.
— Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 1 Sep. 2022 -
Another story has to do with the new income question included in the 1940 census form.
— Michael Barone, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Every few years when the census is completed, the city reevaluates its growing demands and budgets accordingly.
— Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022 -
Ninety percent of the community is Black and about 8% white, according to recent census data.
— Marquise Francis, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024 -
The nation’s population center is calculated every 10 years after the once-a-decade census shows where people are living.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022 -
The census takes place in the early hours of the morning.
— Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023 -
Which races are included in the census, and how, has changed over time.
— Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023 -
But the current fight stems from lawsuits filed to oppose the map drawn after the 2020 census.
— Michael Wines, New York Times, 16 July 2023 -
The census is based on data from the Wealth-X database, the world’s largest collection of research on the wealthy.
— Rachel Shin, Fortune, 15 June 2023 -
In such cases, often the first time a name is listed in public records is the census of 1870.
— Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 15 June 2023 -
The state was awarded an extra House seat after the 2020 census.
— Jessie Dimartino, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022 -
The 1920 census marked the first time that more people in the United States lived in urban areas than rural ones.
— Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023 -
Other research groups working on the brain cell census backed this up.
— Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023 -
Last year the median new-home size fell to its lowest point in more than a decade, census data shows.
— Alena Botros, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Last year the median new-home size fell to its lowest point in more than a decade, census data shows.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024 -
The census, conducted every five years, will take place on March 7.
— Marianne Garvey, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Sunday’s phone bank is the last weekend before the census’s Sept. 30 deadline.
— Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2022 -
Further, state data show the number has dropped more since the census data was recorded.
— Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024 -
This month’s class will focus on the on the U.S. census as a source for ancestor discoveries.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023 -
Last year, on average, 26 more people moved away per day from Hawaii than moved in, according to the census.
— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023 -
For a town with just 307 residents as of the last census, Oak Glen contains multitudes.
— Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022 -
The census doesn’t distinguish between residents who are in the U.S. legally and those who aren’t.
— Paul Overberg, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022 -
At present, the Black population makes up 5.4% of Arizona’s census.
— Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023 -
For the first time, Catholics outnumbered Protestants in Northern Ireland in last year's census.
— Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023 -
The South Carolina case is one of several that have been in the courts since the 2020 census caused many congressional maps to be redrawn.
— Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 29 May 2024 -
That's enough fentanyl to kill the entire city of Houston, the country's fourth-largest city, three times over, according to the latest U.S. census data.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2022 -
Nearly two-thirds of homes in L.A. are renter-occupied, per U.S. census data.
— Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024 -
While Black women and girls make up about 7% of the U.S. population, according to census data.
— David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
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