Decennial Census: Overview of Historical Census IssuesDIANE Publishing, 1999 - 52 Seiten Furnishes background, and a historical perspective in the debate on policy and operational questions related to the 2000 Census. It is organized by decennial census concepts and discusses critical issues that emerged during decennial censuses as far back as 1790. This report describes the Census Bureau's plans for the 2000 Census, but it does not evaluate the potential for success of the 2000 Census. Short answers to some frequently asked questions about the decennial census are included. Also contains information on changes in the apportionment of the membership of the House of Representatives between the 1920 and 1990 Censuses. |
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Seite 21 - West in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth...
Seite 24 - American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White.
Seite 9 - The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term often years, in such manner as they shall by law direct.
Seite 35 - ... to them as if obtained exclusively for the use of the Government, and not to be used in any way to the gratification of curiosity, the exposure of any man's business or pursuits, or for the private emolument of the marshal or assistants, who, while employed in this service, act as the agents of the Government in the most confidential capacity. When your...
Seite 8 - James H. Cassedy, Demography in Early America: Beginnings of the Statistical Mind, 1600-1800 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), and his American Medicine and Statistical Thinking, 1800-1860 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1984).
Seite 23 - Since the 1960's, data on race and ethnicity have been used extensively in civil rights monitoring and enforcement covering areas such as employment, voting rights, housing and mortgage lending, health care services, and educational opportunities.
Seite 23 - American Indian or Alaskan Native; Asian or Pacific Islander; Black; and White. Directive 15 also breaks down ethnicity into Hispanic Origin and Not of Hispanic Origin.
Seite 9 - ... State, and all provisions in the Constitution or laws of any State whereby any distinction was made in political or civil rights or privileges on account of race, creed, or color should be inoperative and void. The second proposition, which was favored by Mr. Stevens, declared that representatives were to be apportioned among the States according to their respective numbers...
Seite 21 - ... the number of free white females; the number of "other free persons"; and the number of slaves.
Seite 17 - In 1903 the Bureau was transferred to the newly created Department of Commerce and Labor.