Census Quotes

When we benchmark, we take the hard data from the quarterly census of employment and wages. If their method is consistent, this is the first year in some time that we've shown a positive increase. . . . But it does support what we've been saying all along that the economy is booming, booming, booming. - Bob Ball

We've lost population. According to the 2000 census, Chambers County, Alabama, was one of the few counties that lost population compared to the 1990 census, so more people moved to find jobs. - Valerie Gray

We've had as many as 69 (patients) or as little as 50. The census will fluctuate, just depending on what the needs are at the time. - David Deaton

We'd like to literally compare some notes if we can with the census. - Hank Pluster

We wanted a census of all the black holes and we wanted to know what they are like. We also wanted to measure how black holes have grown over the history of the Universe. - Dr. Niel Brandt

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. - John Burgess

We paid for the Census Bureau to give us an accurate count. We don't believe that's an accurate count. - James Stover

We know from Census Bureau surveys that something beyond a hundred thousand uses of guns for self-defense occur every year. We know from smaller surveys of a commercial nature that the number may be as high as two-and-a-half or three million. We don't know what the right number is, but whatever the right number is, it's not a trivial number. - James Q. Wilson

We have handled numerous trauma cases from Harrison County because the emergency departments in several of the Harrison County hospitals are not open to trauma every night. We have had extremely high patient census at Ocean Springs Hospital for the last several months, including these extra trauma cases, which points out how much the beds are needed. - Richard Lucas