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A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national 'population and door to door censuses' (to be taken every 10 years according to United Nations recommendations), agriculture, and business censuses. The term itself comes from Latin: during the Roman Republic the census was a list which kept track of all adult males fit for military service.
The census can be contrasted with sampling in which information is obtained only from a subset of a population. Census data is commonly used for research, business marketing, and planning as well as a base for sampling surveys. In some countries, census data is used to apportion electoral representation (sometimes controversially so - see e.g. Utah v. Evans).
It is widely recognized that population and housing censuses are vital for the planning of any society. Traditional censuses are, however, becoming more costly. A rule of thumb for census costs in developing countries has been $1 USD per enumerated person. More realistic figures today are around $3 USD. These approximations should be taken with great care since a variable number of activities are included in different countries (e.g. enumerators can either be hired or requested from civil servants). The cost in developed countries is far higher. The cost for the 2000 census in the U.S. was estimated to be $4.5 billion USD, more than $15 per enumerated person. Alternative possibilities for retrieving data are being investigated. Nordic countries Denmark, Finland and Norway have for several years used administrative registers. Partial and sample censuses are used in France and Germany.
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This category contains articles relating to the national statistics agency of Mexico, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, most usually referred to by its acronym INEGI.
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Mexico, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
With a population 103,263,388 in 2005, Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, the second-most populous country in Latin America after Portuguese-speaking Brazil, and the second in North America, after the United States. Throughout most of the twentieth century Mexico's population was characterized by rapid growth. Even though this tendency has been reverted and average annual population growth over the last five years was less than 1%, the demographic transition is still in progress, and Mexico still has a large cohort of youths. The most populous city in the country is the capital city, Mexico City, with a population of 8.7 million (2005), and its metropolitan area is also the most populous in the country with 19.2 million (2005). Approximately 50% of the population lives in one of the 55 large metropolitan areas in the country.
The Census Bureau in Mexico is the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI). The National Population Council (CONAPO), is an institution under the Secretary of the Interior in charge of the analysis and research of population dynamics. The National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples (CDI), amongst other things, undertakes research and analysis of the sociodemographic and linguistic indicators of the indigenous peoples of Mexico.
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This category contains articles relating to censuses in Mexico.
The Censo General de Población y Vivienda (General Census of Population and Housing, or National Census of..) is the main national census for Mexico. It is produced by the national statistics agency INEGI, a decentralized agency of the Mexican Federal government, with the purpose of collating and reporting detailed demographic, socioeconomic and geographical data from across the nation. Since 1900 the censo general has been conducted on a decennial basis, taking place the year ending in zero of each decade. The only variation to this schedule thus far occurred with the fourth census (IV censo general), where difficulties arising from the Mexican Revolution resulted in its deferral from 1920 to 1921.INEGI (n.d.) As of 2008 there have been a total of 12 censos generales taken at the national level, the most recent completed in 2000 and the proximate one scheduled for 2010.INEGI (n.d.)
From the 1990s INEGI began to produce an intermediate series of national population and housing censuses, surveying only a smaller and selected subset of key demographical indicators. This intermediate series—the Conteo de Población y Vivienda (Count of Population and Housing)— is also conducted decennially, in the years ending in "5" midway between two successive censos generales. These conteos allow the planning for public policy and services to be based on data that is more current than would otherwise be the case, as the alternating conteos and censos provide a refresh of key population indices that is no more than five years old.
Population census in Hong Kong (), a collection of demographic data in Hong Kong, is conducted by Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Government. The census was held every ten years and by-census is held between two census. The last census was in March 2001 and by-census was from 15 July to 1 August 2006.
Census taking in Denmark started in its modern form in 1769, and the next two censuses were taken in 1787 and 1801. Problems that arose during the implementation and tabulation of the first census demonstrate the difficulties in establishing an efficient administration of population statistics from scratch. By trial and error during the course of the first three censuses, the administration learned how to carry out and tabulate a census so that by 1801 census taking had reached a form that could be used for the rest of the 19th century with only minor changes and additions.
In Danish historical demography a distinction is made between enumerations of the population for taxation purposes (mandtal) and real censuses carried out to obtain information about the size and composition of the population (folketællinger).
Mandtal were frequent in the 17th and early 18th centuries and ranged from lists with just the names and occupations of household heads to a few examples of detailed lists of all inhabitants with their position in the household, civil status, and age. In the towns, magistrates took these enumerations, while in the rural areas they were done by local royal civil servants, who were part of the lens (fief) and, from 1660, the amts (county) administration.
The National Institute of Migration ( (INM)) is a unit of the government of Mexico dependent on the Secretariat of the Interior that controls and supervises migration in the country.
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This article is about the demographic features of the population of Denmark, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
A majority of Danes today trace their heritage to Germanic tribes who have inhabited Denmark since prehistoric times. Even with increasing immigration in recent years, the Danish population is still more homogenous than is the case of most other western European countries. Large percentages of the population are or are descended from immigrants from Southeast Asia and Turkey.
A small German minority live in South Jutland, close to the border with Germany, as there is also a Danish minority on the German side of the border, in Schleswig-Holstein. The region has seen both Danish and German cultural influx and has shifted between the realms. Interestingly, national identity in this border area is based on personal and cultural conviction rather than heritage, language and family descent.
Since the 1960s, the main groups of immigrants and refugees have been Turks, Pakistani, Arabs, Kurds, Somalis and people from the former Yugoslavia. Other, less distinguishable groups of immigrants include mainly Swedes, Norwegians, Icelanders, Finns, Germans, Dutch, Poles and Britons. A great number of Faroese and Greenlanders also live in Denmark proper, mostly just for parts of their life, but are rarely taken as separate ethnic groups.
Since Danish censuses don't register ethnicity, language and religion (other than membership of the official Evangelical Lutheran church), official numbers don't exist for these issues. There is, however, statistic information based on citizenship and country of birth.