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title: census
date: 2005-11-13
category: terminology
tags: methods,
summary: : the official process of counting a population of a given jurisdiction
slug: census
---
The term census refers to the official process of counting a population of a given jurisdiction, such as a that of a country, city, or town and collecting information about them.
- Merriam Webster Inc. n.d. "Census". Merriam-Webster.com. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, Inc. [First Accessed: 22 October 2013].