Officials in ancient China conducted censuses by sending local magistrates and officials to gather data from households. They would collect information on the number of people living in each household, their ages, genders, and occupations. This process often involved traveling to remote areas and sometimes relied on local community leaders to assist in gathering accurate counts. The collected data would then be compiled and reported to higher authorities for record-keeping and taxation purposes.
To record the population.
The census, in many places, counts the population every 10 years.
In 2012
== == 35,085 was the population in the last census, taken in 2006.
It was 107,685 when the 2010 census was taken.
According to the statistics taken by the US Census Bureau, the population of Bartbeton, OH is 26,455. The population in 2000 reported by the Census Bureau was 26,550.
A census samples 100% of the population (ie it is not a sample, but the whole population) → the census will ask of 100,000,000 people.
A Census is a record of the population. The first taken in the United Kingdom during the reign of Victoria was in 1841.There has been a Census taken every ten year ever since.
the population of the state.
The census is taken by the federal government every ten years to count the population and gather demographic information.
Census are taken in the United Kingdom for population counts and tax purposes. The United Kingdom uses the census information to prepare for tax rates and population counts.
It had a population of 90,205 when the 2000 census was taken and it is estimated to be over 100,000 at the start of 2009.