The US Census has happened every 10 years since the very first census was taken in 1790. It has always been and remains today a vital part of our democracy. The census is a non-political gathering of data about this beautiful, diverse, and massive country that we are privileged to call home. This means the census is not influenced or …
Census History: How Did the Census Start and How Has It Changed?
It’s a fact of life that sometimes we do something without knowing where it originated or even why. That’s why I thought it might be helpful to give a little history about a hot topic in 2020 – the US Census. The first United States Census was taken in 1790 as a way to determine the exact population of the …