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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oficina_del_Censu_de_los_Estaos_Xun%C3%ADos" title="Oficina del Censu de los Estaos Xuníos – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Oficina del Censu de los Estaos Xuníos" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB%C5%9E_Siyah%C4%B1yaalma_B%C3%BCrosu" title="ABŞ Siyahıyaalma Bürosu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="ABŞ Siyahıyaalma Bürosu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0" title="মার্কিন জনশুমারি দপ্তর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মার্কিন জনশুমারি দপ্তর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AD-kok_Ph%C3%B3%CD%98-cha-kio%CC%8Dk" title="Bí-kok Phó͘-cha-kio̍k – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bí-kok Phó͘-cha-kio̍k" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%81%D1%83_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%97%D0%A8%D0%90" title="Бюро перапісу насельніцтва ЗША – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бюро перапісу насельніцтва ЗША" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A9" title="Бюро за преброяване на населението на САЩ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бюро за преброяване на населението на САЩ" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oficina_del_Cens_dels_Estats_Units" title="Oficina del Cens dels Estats Units – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Oficina del Cens dels Estats Units" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="United States Census Bureau" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwro_Cyfrifiad_yr_Unol_Daleithiau" title="Biwro Cyfrifiad yr Unol Daleithiau – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Biwro Cyfrifiad yr Unol Daleithiau" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="United States Census Bureau" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="United States Census Bureau" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriikide_Rahvaloenduse_B%C3%BCroo" title="Ameerika Ühendriikide Rahvaloenduse Büroo – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Ühendriikide Rahvaloenduse Büroo" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="United States Census Bureau" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oficina_del_Censo_de_los_Estados_Unidos" title="Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usona_Buroo_de_la_Censo" title="Usona Buroo de la Censo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Usona Buroo de la Censo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriketako_Estatu_Batuetako_Errolda_Bulegoa" title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Errolda Bulegoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Errolda Bulegoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="اداره سرشماری ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اداره سرشماری ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_du_recensement_des_%C3%89tats-Unis" title="Bureau du recensement des États-Unis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bureau du recensement des États-Unis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaansk_Folkstellingsburo" title="Amerikaansk Folkstellingsburo – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Amerikaansk Folkstellingsburo" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oficina_do_Censo_dos_Estados_Unidos_de_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Oficina do Censo dos Estados Unidos de América – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Oficina do Censo dos Estados Unidos de América" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD_%EC%9D%B8%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EC%82%AC%EA%B5%AD" title="미국 인구조사국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국 인구조사국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%84%D5%86_%D4%B2%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%A2%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%B8" title="ԱՄՆ Բնակչության մարդահամարի բյուրո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="ԱՄՆ Բնակչության մարդահամարի բյուրո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B" title="संयुक्त राज्य जनगणना ब्यूरो – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="संयुक्त राज्य जनगणना ब्यूरो" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ured_SAD_za_popis_stanovni%C5%A1tva" title="Ured SAD za popis stanovništva – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ured SAD za popis stanovništva" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usana_Kontado-Ministerio" title="Usana Kontado-Ministerio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Usana Kontado-Ministerio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biro_Sensus_Amerika_Serikat" title="Biro Sensus Amerika Serikat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Biro Sensus Amerika Serikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufficio_del_censimento_degli_Stati_Uniti_d%27America" title="Ufficio del censimento degli Stati Uniti d'America – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ufficio del censimento degli Stati Uniti d'America" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA" title="לשכת מפקד האוכלוסין של ארצות הברית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לשכת מפקד האוכלוסין של ארצות הברית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A8-%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%AC%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D" title="აშშ-ის სტატისტიკური აღწერის ბიურო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აშშ-ის სტატისტიკური აღწერის ბიურო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerium_Census_Civitatum_Foederatarum" title="Ministerium Census Civitatum Foederatarum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ministerium Census Civitatum Foederatarum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungtini%C5%B3_Valstij%C5%B3_gyventoj%C5%B3_sura%C5%A1ymo_biuras" title="Jungtinių Valstijų gyventojų surašymo biuras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jungtinių Valstijų gyventojų surašymo biuras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biraom-panisan%27i_Etazonia" title="Biraom-panisan'i Etazonia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Biraom-panisan'i Etazonia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="مكتب احصا امريكا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مكتب احصا امريكا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biro_Bancian_Amerika_Syarikat" title="Biro Bancian Amerika Syarikat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Biro Bancian Amerika Syarikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="United States Census Bureau" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E5%90%88%E8%A1%86%E5%9B%BD%E5%9B%BD%E5%8B%A2%E8%AA%BF%E6%9F%BB%E5%B1%80" title="アメリカ合衆国国勢調査局 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカ合衆国国勢調査局" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a 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This is done to calculate how many <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Federal Representatives</a> in <a href="/wiki/Congress" title="Congress">Congress</a> each <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">state</a> should have. The Census Bureau is in charge of doing this. It <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/collect" class="extiw" title="wikt:collect">collects</a> <a href="/wiki/Statistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistic">statistics</a> about the <a href="/wiki/Nation" title="Nation">nation</a>, its people, and its <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economy</a>. The Census Bureau's <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">legal</a> <a href="/wiki/Authority" title="Authority">authority</a> is listed in Title 13 of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Code&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Code (not yet started)">United States Code</a>. The first census bureau was in <a href="/wiki/1790" title="1790">1790</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Census_Bureau&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Organizational structure" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Census_Bureau&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Organizational structure"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Census_regional_map.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/US_Census_regional_map.gif/220px-US_Census_regional_map.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/US_Census_regional_map.gif/330px-US_Census_regional_map.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/US_Census_regional_map.gif 2x" data-file-width="431" data-file-height="365" /></a><figcaption>US Census Bureau Regions.</figcaption></figure> <p>Since <a href="/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a>, The Bureau of the Census has been the census-taking <a href="/wiki/Organization" title="Organization">organization</a> of the United States government. The Bureau is led by a Director, who is helped by a deputy director and associate directors. </p><p>The Census Bureau headquarters is located at 4600 Silver Hill Road, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Suitland-Silver_Hill,_Maryland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland (not yet started)">Suitland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. There are regional offices in 12 cities: <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">source?</span></a></i>]</sup> More offices are set up and used when it comes time to do the census every 10 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_estimates">Population estimates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Census_Bureau&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Population estimates" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Census_Bureau&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Population estimates"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Census Bureau also use real-time <a href="/w/index.php?title=Extrapolation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Extrapolation (not yet started)">extrapolation</a> of information on <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birth" title="Birth">birth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">death</a> to give their estimates of the number of people in the United States and the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Census_Bureau&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Census_Bureau&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The original version of this article was adapted from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/acsd/www/history.html">U.S. Census Bureau</a> text.</li> <li>What 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