U.S. Census Bureau History (original) (raw)

While the U.S. Constitution requires only a population count every ten years via a decennial census, the ever-increasing need for more useful information about the United States' people, governments, businesses, and the economy drove the U.S. Census Bureau to evolve into the premier statistical agency of the federal government.

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