Pronunciation:
[sen-suhss] •
(noun)
Related Resources:
Census Resources
Definition:
An official count of all the people living in a country or particular area.
They are primarily government sponsored and contain a variety of information
including names of heads of household or all household members, ages,
citizenship status, place of birth, ethnicity, etc.
Related Terms
• agricultural
schedule
• census
schedule
• enumerator
• enumeration
• mortality
schedule
Census resources for genealogy
research around the world including research guides, online census records,
lookup volunteers, and more.
<Back to Last Page> <Glossary
Index>
Census
<Back to Last Page> <Glossary
Index>
Explore Genealogy
©2012 About.com. All rights reserved.
A part of The New York Times Company.