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A census is a count of all the people in the country to find out the current population. That is its main purpose. Other questions are also included to count other things, like the amount of men and women, or different nationalities, age groups, religions and many other things.
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When did Augustus issued a decree requiring a census of everyone in the Roman Empire?
Though many say there is no secular proof of a Census earlier than 1 AD, consider this article: 'The proof of history is in the "Chronicle of John Malalas", translated by Matthew Spinka (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1940). John Malalas was a historian of Antioch, Syria (c. 491-578 A.D.). On pages 32-33 he writes: "In the 39th year and the 10th month of his [Augustus'] reign he commanded the taking of a census of all his lands, including all that the Romans held during the consulship of Agrippa II, and of Donatus. And all the earth under the Romans was registered by Eumenes and Attalus, the Roman senators." So by using the October to October calendar Malalas used, it dates the issuance of the decree for this census to JULY, 5 B.C. There is one Suidas - another reliable authority - as well as many others, that add information about Augustus' decree, proving the census in Palestine was conducted the very next year - 4 B.C., the very time Christ was born! Therefore, it seems history does indeed have abundant evidence from both early Christians and early PAGANS to corroborate this census (see the excellent article in Unger's "Bible Dictionary" under "Chronology").' Extracted from Plain Truth article, "The Greatest Story Ever Told, Dec 1966, by Charles V. Dorothy.
What computing advancement is Herman Hollerith often credited with?
punched card tabulation and sorting devices for census of 1890. these machine counted data prepunched on millions of census punchcards, sorted them into categories, allowing additional counting, sorting, etc. this allowed completion of the census in 3 years instead of taking longer than 10 as hand methods would have.
How were the slaves counted for the number of congressional districts per state?
The Three-Fifths Compromise of the Constitutional Convention established that slaves were to be counted as three-fifths of a person when taking a census for apportionment. This was nullified by a later Amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary service.
How was the issue of counting enslaved people in state population counts resolved?
To settle the question of how slaves were to be counted by the U.S. Census Bureau, whose constitutionally mandated work directly affects congressional representation and taxation, the Three-Fifths Compromise was adopted. Each slave was counted as three fifths of a person.
What is a population count known as?
Enumeration is one possible answer. The census is another.
What was Colorado's population in 1950s?
In the 1950 U.S. Census, 1,325,089 residents were counted in Colorado. That is 26.35% of the quantity counted in the 2010 Census.
What did japans census count?
What counted is that there were cencus
What is it called when everyone in the country is counted?
a census
What was the 1910 US census count?
92 million people were counted in the 1910 US census.
Name the process by which people are counted in a country?
Census.
Are mad people counted for census?
Yes. lol
Effort that counted 4 million Americans?
Census of 1790
How many people were counted in the first census?
obviously 1
Are children counted in a population census?
Yes they are because hey are in the files.
How is census counted in Nigeria?
it helps us to know the inhabitant in a country
What does it mean by based on the 2000 us census population?
Populations are always changing, so usually when a population is given it shows when the given population was counted or estimated. If a population is from a census, that means that the people were actually counted, not estimated.
Did Mary Joseph go to Bethlehem to be counted?
Yes, there was a mandatory census so they could be counted. They traveled a long way, too!
