Census Bureau
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- proper noun
- /ˈsɛn.səs ˈbjʊə.roʊ/
- Formal
:
Oficina del Censo de EE. UU.
- The coalition is among several advocacy groups that contend the U.S. Census Bureau routinely undercounts homeless people.
- U.S. Census Bureau
- US Census Bureau
- United States Census Bureau
I've also heard though, that the head of the Census Bureau went to the American Sociological Convention and talked about fact Finder and was booed.
- I've also heard though, that the head of the Census Bureau went to the American Sociological Convention and talked about fact Finder and was booed.
Examples
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In 2005, suburban Phoenix was 22 percent Hispanic (U.S. Census Bureau 2005).
Academic text (2008) -
We matched population sociodemographic measures from the US Census Bureau and Statistics Canada to census tracts in the study regions.
Academic text (2011) -
Excuse me, I'm with U.S. Census Bureau and I must ask you a question.
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You know about these census forms ...that the Census Bureau has sent out to us all to fill in, right?
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Compelling evidence for this proposition is found in reports from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Academic text (2017) -
According to the US Census Bureau, there are at least 400,000 cars in Seattle.
Blog text (2) -
According to the United States Census Bureau, African Americans composed 12.1 percent of the population in 1990.
Academic text (1993) -
For decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has counted prisoners where they "reside": their places of incarceration.
Academic text (2017) -
In 1990, there were 362 MSAS and 405 UAS (U.S. Census Bureau 2000).
Academic text (2001) -
Excuse me, I'm with the Census Bureau, and I must ask you a question.
Synonyms
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A government agency that counts people in the United States every ten years and gives population data
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'census' (an official population/count) with 'bureau' (an agency), i.e. an agency that runs the census. This noun+noun agency naming pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Census Bureau comes from two words: census, an old word for 'counting people', and bureau, a word for an 'office' that keeps records. So the name means the government 'office' that counts people and makes population numbers.