U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau, or the Bureau of the Census, is the part of the government charged with compiling the United States Census information. The Census Bureau is the provider of all data related to the American people and the groups that make up the country's everchanging population.
Many people disregard the presence of this Bureau, chiefly because the U.S. Census Bureau surfaces once every ten years for all to see. During this time, people are mailed questionnaires regarding their household, the members of it, their income, race, age, and other pertinent information. While this information is used to determine the needs of people around the country, this information is not used for anything pertaining to the household in a personal manner.
While many people wonder why the Census even bothers with collecting this data, the Constitution of the United States has mandated that they do so. In Article 1 Section 2 of the Constitution, it mandates that the population be counted once every ten years. One of the main uses of this information is to aid in setting the number of members of the House of Representative and the Electoral College of each state. For this reason, a full population count is conducted once every ten years, namely on all years that end in 0. A data collection will be conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010, and again in 2020, 2030 and so on.
What happens between these times? With the data collected every ten years and trend information from past Census data collections, the U.S. Census Bureau is able to make projections about the population during the years in which the polls are not conducted. When it comes to how to spend billions of dollars on the American people, Census information is critical when it comes to the welfare of the American people.
