This book is the first social history of the census from its origins to the present and has become the standard history of the population census in the United S

In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend improved methods

Includes articles on international business opportunities.

An excellent resource on the changing population distribution of antebellum Black Americans, this book covers census data by region and state. Two-thirds of the