Census Quotes

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened. - Pete Du Pont

We cannot manipulate or make changes to the records unless we are contacted by the Census Bureau. - Dave Druker

We believe the American Community Survey is the future, not only for the census bureau, but also for local leaders, businesses and growing communities. - Louis Kincannon

We are working with the census to resolve these conflicts. - Jennifer Albers

We are playing a very important role in the design of the 2010 Census. As a census test site, we are setting the standard for how the Census Bureau counts American Indians all over the United States. - Harold Frazier

Using that one slip of paper, and knowing my great grandmother's and great grandfather's names, I was able to go to the National Archives and trace the family through the census. - Eulane Mellon

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

This phenomenon cuts across all demographics. You'll find it in families both rich and poor; black, white, Asian and Hispanic; urban, suburban and rural. According to the Census Bureau, fully one-third of young men ages 22 to 34 are still living at home with their parents ? a roughly 100 percent increase in the past 20 years. No such change has occurred with regard to young women. Why? - Leonard Sax

This is an especially valuable survey, because it drills down into the benefits, costs, challenges and unexpected consequences experienced by managers; much more than the census type research of employees produced to date. - John Edwards