Census Quotes

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

The Green Berets (1968) made $7,000,000 in the first three months of its release. This so-called intellectual group aren`t in touch with the American people, regardless of (J. William Fulbright`s) blatting, and Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern and Ted Kennedy. In spite of them the American people do not feel that way. Instead of taking a census, they ought to count the tickets that were sold to that picture.

(Gibson said the county does not know how many evacuees are in the area. He identified about 50 in Washington County and another 500 in Siloam Springs. There is no census of persons staying with relatives and friends, he said.) We're here to do whatever these folks need to have done, ... If they come up here with a problem, we're going to try to solve it. Period. No matter what it is.

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep.

At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas.

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.

We recognize what everybody else does, that this is a huge, growing, influential part of our audience. You have to make your decisions based on a good business plan, and as we look at the census numbers throughout the North Bay, the growth is significant.

The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor`s degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.

There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.

The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves.

The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does.

The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.

Indeed, the federal government allocates about $185 billion in programs and services based on population figures provided by the Census Bureau.

(The census) makes the difference look very stark, when in reality it should be much closer together, ... There is more economic opportunity in this country.