1. An official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information.
2. In ancient Rome, a count of the citizens and an evaluation of their property for taxation purposes
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A census is the gathering of data from an entire population.
The US Census is every 10 years.
Surveys are quick and census is more accurate.
information on the census was collected by enternet or by ask, Google,answers.com