Bureau of the Census

Bureau of the Census
noun
the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States
Syn: ↑Census Bureau
Hypernyms: ↑agency, ↑federal agency, ↑government agency, ↑bureau, ↑office, ↑authority
Part Holonyms: ↑Department of Commerce, ↑Commerce Department, ↑Commerce, ↑DoC

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U.S. Govt.
the division of the Department of Commerce that gathers, tabulates, and correlates census statistics.

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