Bureau of the Census

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federal statistical agency government agency

The Bureau of the Census is the principal U.S. federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating population and economic data, including conducting the decennial national census.

Aliases (7)

United States Census Bureau ×76
U.S. Census Bureau ×5
Census Bureau ×2
United States Census ×2
American Housing Survey ×1
U.S. Census Bureau’s metropolitan statistical area program ×1
census.gov ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal statistical agency → government agency →
alsoKnownAs	Census Bureau → U.S. Census Bureau → United States Census Bureau →
collaboratesWith	Bureau of Economic Analysis → Bureau of Labor Statistics → state statistical agencies →
country	United States of America →
dataConfidentialityProtectedBy	Title 13 of the United States Code →
dataUse	academic research → allocation of federal funds → apportionment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives → business planning → policy analysis → redistricting →
employerOf	demographers → economists → geographers → statisticians → survey methodologists →
follows	Office of Management and Budget statistical standards →
headquartersLocation	Suitland Federal Center → Suitland, Maryland →
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States →
legalMandate	Title 13 of the United States Code → United States Constitution, Article I, Section 2 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Maryland → Prince George's County, Maryland →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
parentOrganization	United States Department of Commerce →
partOf	United States Department of Commerce →
primaryTask	analyze population data → collect demographic data → collect economic data → conduct the American Community Survey → conduct the Census of Governments → conduct the Economic Census → conduct the decennial census of population → disseminate statistical data → maintain the Master Address File → produce official population counts for apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives → produce population estimates and projections → produce small-area statistics →
usesMethod	data anonymization → sampling → statistical modeling → survey research →
website	https://www.census.gov →

Referenced by (92)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barton County, Missouri ("United States Census Bureau") → Benzie County, Michigan ("United States Census Bureau") → Calhoun County, Georgia ("United States Census Bureau") → Caswell County, North Carolina ("United States Census Bureau") → Chautauqua County, New York ("United States Census Bureau") → Chemung County, New York ("United States Census Bureau") → Chickasaw County, Iowa ("United States Census Bureau") → Christian County, Kentucky ("United States Census Bureau") → Cowlitz County, Washington ("United States Census Bureau") → Deschutes County ("United States Census Bureau") → Duquesne, Pennsylvania ("United States Census Bureau") → Erie County, Ohio ("United States Census Bureau") → Grain Valley, Missouri ("United States Census Bureau") → Grainger County, Tennessee ("United States Census Bureau") → Grayson County, Kentucky ("United States Census Bureau") → Greene County, North Carolina ("United States Census Bureau") → Holland–Grand Haven metropolitan area ("U.S. Census Bureau’s metropolitan statistical area program") → Holmes County, Florida ("United States Census Bureau") → Jackson County, Michigan ("United States Census Bureau") → LaRue County, Kentucky ("United States Census Bureau") → Lake City, Georgia ("United States Census Bureau") → Lake County, Colorado ("United States Census Bureau") → Lucas County, Iowa ("United States Census Bureau") → Marion County, Missouri ("United States Census Bureau") → Marion County, Missouri ("United States Census Bureau") → McDowell County, West Virginia ("United States Census Bureau") → Monroe County, West Virginia ("United States Census Bureau") → Nantucket County ("United States Census Bureau") → Orleans County, New York ("United States Census Bureau") → Pocahontas County ("United States Census Bureau") → Santa Fe County ("United States Census Bureau") → Talbot County, Maryland ("United States Census Bureau") → Tooele County, Utah ("United States Census Bureau") → Union County, Tennessee ("United States Census Bureau") → Valencia County, New Mexico ("United States Census Bureau") → Waldo County, Maine ("United States Census Bureau") → Webster County, Georgia ("United States Census Bureau") → Windham County, Vermont ("United States Census Bureau") →	partOf
Bluefield micropolitan area ("United States Census Bureau") → Bowling Green metropolitan area ("United States Census Bureau") → Cresco micropolitan area ("United States Census Bureau") → Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area ("United States Census Bureau") → Holland–Grand Haven metropolitan area ("United States Census Bureau") → Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area ("United States Census Bureau") → Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area ("United States Census Bureau") → Traverse City micropolitan area ("United States Census Bureau") → United States Census Bureau East South Central division ("United States Census Bureau") → United States Census Bureau metropolitan area of Lewiston-Auburn ("United States Census Bureau") → United States South Atlantic states ("United States Census Bureau") →	definedBy
1960 United States census ("United States Census Bureau") → 2000 United States census ("United States Census Bureau") → 2010 United States census ("United States Census Bureau") → 2020 United States census ("United States Census Bureau") →	conductedBy
.gov ("census.gov") → Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area ("United States Census Bureau") → South Atlantic ("United States Census Bureau") → United States Census Bureau South region ("United States Census Bureau") →	usedBy
Alaska Redistricting Board ("United States Census Bureau") → International Economic Accounts ("U.S. Census Bureau") → New York Independent Redistricting Commission ("United States Census") → Office of Policy Development and Research ("American Housing Survey") →	usesDataFrom
Bureau of the Census ("United States Census Bureau") → Bureau of the Census ("U.S. Census Bureau") → Bureau of the Census ("Census Bureau") →	alsoKnownAs
Ripon, Wisconsin ("United States Census Bureau") → Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania ("United States Census Bureau") → Town of Justin, Texas ("United States Census Bureau") →	demographicsDataSource
Catron County, New Mexico ("United States Census Bureau") → Hamilton County ("United States Census Bureau") → Wood County, Texas ("United States Census Bureau") →	isPartOf
Suitland Federal Center ("United States Census Bureau") → United States Census Bureau Suitland Federal Center ("United States Census Bureau") →	housesAgency
Secretary of Commerce of the United States → U.S. Department of Commerce →	oversees
Decennial United States Census ("United States Census Bureau") →	administeredBy
Title 13 of the United States Code ("U.S. Census Bureau") →	administeredThrough
Title 13 of the United States Code ("U.S. Census Bureau") →	appliesTo
United States residents ("United States Census Bureau") →	areCountedBy
U.S. Federal Statistical System ("U.S. Census Bureau") →	componentAgency
Bureau of Justice Statistics ("Census Bureau") →	cooperatesWith
United States congressional districts in California ("United States Census Bureau") →	dataCollectedBy
Bessemer, Alabama ("United States Census Bureau") →	demographicsSource
Hays Micropolitan Statistical Area ("United States Census Bureau") →	governingBody
United States Department of Commerce and Labor →	hasComponent
Radcliff, Kentucky ("United States Census Bureau") →	locatedIn
United States Census Bureau South region ("United States Census Bureau") →	oneOfFourMajorRegionsOf
U.S. Department of Commerce →	parentAgencyOf
Radcliff, Kentucky ("United States Census Bureau") →	populationCensusAuthority
United States Census Bureau Suitland Federal Center ("United States Census Bureau") →	primaryOccupant
European American ("United States Census") →	recognizedIn
New York–Newark CSA ("United States Census Bureau") →	statisticalUnitOf
South Atlantic ("United States Census Bureau") →	subdivisionOf