Counting America: The Story of the United States CensusTraces history of the population census and describes how and why information about the number and characteristics of the people living in the United States is gathered every ten years. |
Contents
TWO Development of the U S Census | 12 |
THREE Getting Ready for the Decennial Census | 23 |
SEVEN | 79 |
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