History
Overview
Fulfilling the U.S. Constitution’s requirement to count the population has been a complex operation since the first enumeration in 1790. In this section, you can learn about legislation related to the censuses, the efforts to improve the count, and the technical innovations introduced to improve data collection, processing, and publication.
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