United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. It is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census.
Its current director is Charles Louis Kincannon, who took office on March 13, 2002.
Legal mandate
The Constitution of the United States directs that the population be enumerated at least once every ten years (through the U.S. Census), and each state's number of Federal Representatives in the United States Congress determined accordingly. The Census Bureau is mandated with fulfilling these obligations: the collecting statistics about the nation, its people, and economy. In addition, the Bureau also conducts surveys on behalf of various Federal Government agencies on topics such as employment, crime, health, and consumer expenditures. The Census Bureau's legal authority is codified in Title 13 of the United States Code. The first population census taken was in 1790.
Organizational structure
Since 1903, the official census-taking agency of the United States government has been the Bureau of the Census. The Bureau is headed by a Director, assisted by a Deputy Director and an Executive Staff composed of the associate directors.
The Census Bureau headquarters is located at 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland. There are regional offices in 12 cities: Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, Seattle, Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, and Los Angeles. Additional temporary processing facilities are used to facilitate the decennial censuses.
The Census Bureau also runs the Census Information Center cooperative program that involves 58 "national, regional, and local non-profit organizations." The CIC program aims to represent the interests of underserved communities.[1]
Population T.V.
The Census Bureau also maintains the Population Radio, a real-time extrapolation of information on population, birth, and death to give their approximation of the number of people in the United States and the world.
References
- The original version of this article was adapted from U.S. Census Bureau text.
- Geographic Areas Reference Manual from the U.S. Census Bureau contains detailed explanations of geographic terms used in the census.
- The mission and operation of the U.S. Census Bureau are laid out in Title 13 of the United States Code.[2]
Notes
External links
- United States Census Bureau website
- U.S. and World Population Clocks - POPClocks
- Works by Bureau of the Census at Project Gutenberg
- Census Bureau Meeting Notices and Rule Changes from The Federal Register RSS Feed
