Title 13 of the United States Code

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Title 13 of the United States Code is the federal statute that governs the collection, confidentiality, and use of official statistical data in the United States, including the decennial census and related surveys.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf federal statute
title of the United States Code
administeredThrough U.S. Census Bureau
alsoKnownAs Census Code
appliesTo U.S. Census Bureau
all persons and entities required to respond to census inquiries
federal statistical activities related to the census
authorizes conduct of other surveys necessary for the functions of the Census Bureau
conduct of the decennial census of housing
conduct of the decennial census of population
containsProvisionOn confidentiality of individual responses
penalties for providing false answers to census questions
penalties for refusal or neglect to answer census questions
penalties for wrongful disclosure of census information
prohibition on disclosure of personally identifiable information
use of census data only for statistical purposes
country United States
enforcedBy U.S. Department of Commerce
ensures confidential treatment of respondents’ information
governs collection of official statistical data
confidentiality of official statistical data
decennial census
economic census
related surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau
use of official statistical data
hasLanguage English
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
legalAuthorityFor collection of demographic data
collection of economic data
decennial census operations
mandatory response requirements for certain census surveys
legalBasisFor allocation of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on census data
production of official population counts
partOf United States Code
prohibits publication of data that would identify an individual or establishment
use of census data for law enforcement
use of census data for taxation enforcement against individuals
purpose to provide a legal framework for the collection and protection of official statistics in the United States
regulates access to microdata for research purposes
publication of statistical tabulations and summaries
sharing of census data with other government agencies
subject census
confidentiality
data protection
statistics


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