How to Use census in a Sentence

census

noun
  • According to the latest census, the racial makeup of the town has changed dramatically in the last 50 years.
  • There’s gonna be a census in 2030.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The last census was done in 2020.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Which races are included in the census, and how, has changed over time.
    — Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Parcels were matched to census tracts based on their centerpoints.
    — Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In census tracts where the most tows occurred, more than three-quarters are renters.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In census tracts where the most tows occurred, more than three-quarters are renters.
    — Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Other research groups working on the brain cell census backed this up.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • How often does India hold a census?
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The teens lived in 110 census tracts across metro Denver.
    — Anna Maria Santiago, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The census is a snapshot of how many people were living on the streets on a single night in a year.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2022
  • But deaths occurred in census areas with low levels of poverty as well.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The city receives money each year through the block grant program based on the most recent census.
    — Garrett Moore, Arkansas Online, 27 July 2022
  • Last year the median new-home size fell to its lowest point in more than a decade, census data shows.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Last year the median new-home size fell to its lowest point in more than a decade, census data shows.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Some people don’t answer the census questions about their origins at all.
    — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Oswego isn’t the only town in the area that will be having a special census coming up.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Over the past decade, rents in these parks have risen 45%, according to census data.
    — Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The next census is still a few years away, and the numbers can change significantly.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
  • On the census Evelyn has listed herself as the head of the household.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022
  • And that spring night, Ireland conducted its first census in more than a decade — its first as a free state.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Usually, states redistrict at the start of the decade when the census results come in.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Usually states just redistrict after the census at the start of the decade.
    — Larry Kaplow, NPR, 9 May 2026
  • These census blocks can then be aggregated by both the current and proposed maps.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Rose’s Cafe and Terzo, the new census numbers come as no surprise.
    — Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2022
  • More information on the special census can be found on the city’s website.
    — Jake Allen, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Usually, states redistrict at the start of the decade after the census count.
    — Gavin Jackson, NPR, 26 May 2026
  • Archie Stark in the census records lists himself as a draftsman in 1930.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • There is no new census data justifying it.
    — Dan Daley, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There is no new census data justifying it.
    — Dan Daley, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026

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