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The first national census of the United States of America was in the year 1790. It has since been completed every ten years; but not until the 1850 census did the census-takers ask the names of every member of the household. Up until then, they only asked the name of the head of household and the number of inhabitants.

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Censuses have been taken for thousands of years. The reason Mary and Joseph were in Bethlehem was so they could be counted for a Roman Census.

The first Census taken under the US Constitution was done in 1790.

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The first census conducted under the US Constitution was performed in 1790.

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1790 was the first election in the USA, after the American revolution. However, in 1086 in England the Domesday Book is largely regarded as the first "modern" census.

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it was first taken in 1790.

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1790 was the first.

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