Definitions for censuses

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censuses cen·sus

Spelling: [sen-suh s]

IPA: /ˈsɛn səs/

Censuses is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in censuses (ceensssu).

Definitions for censuses

noun

1. an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
2. (in ancient Rome) the registration of citizens and their property, for purposes of taxation.

verb (used with object)

1. to take a census of (a country, city, etc.):

Origin of censuses

1605-15; Latin: a listing and property assessment of citizens, equivalent to cēns(ēre) to assess, register (citizens) in a census + -tus suffix of v. action; for -s- in place of -st- see

Examples for censuses

He tells us that when our first census was taken only four per cent.

The percentage of males in the State by the census of 1900 was 52.3.

According to the census Bureau, 49 percent of Americans receive some kind of government benefits.

This can be verified by reference to any census of any penal institution.

For the first time in our history, according to the census Bureau, blacks are now voting at a higher rate than whites.

Byrne invented a deceased husband named William K. Richard and hid herself from census takers.

The diminution revealed by the 1911 census amounts to 76,000.

Every 10 years, after the census, legislators get together and draw district lines in collusion.

By the census of 1870 the number of insane persons in the State was 3,414.

Just 0.5 percent of Ferguson is of Asian descent, according to 2010 U.S. census data.