Betydelse av census på svenska

• 0 a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to collect information about them:

  • We have a census in this country every ten years.

  • She was stopped in her car for a traffic census.

• 1 a count for official purposes, esp. one to count the number of people living in a country and to obtain information such as age, sex, race, etc.

• 2 an occasion when people or things are officially counted, especially when the people in a country or particular area are counted and general information about them is recorded. The report listing this information is also called a census:

  • national/state/government census According to the state census, 89.6% of eligible Hispanics voters were registered.

  • carry out/conduct/perform a census A national census is carried out every ten years.

  • Data on the number of commuters was collected in a traffic census.

  • The census of 1901 is now available to be searched online.