Mini Census
In order to attain population and household statistics between Censuses, Stats SA conducts the Community Survey. The last Community Survey… Read More
Mini Census
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The cost of counting
The budget for the 2011 South Africa Census was R2 billion. R700 million went to the field staff who were each… Read More
Information overload
The first census conducted in the United States was conducted in 1790, and contained only six questions. In contrast, the… Read More
How many people does it take to count people?
In order to attain an accurate count of the 2020 U.S. population, a total of 500,000 temporary employees are being… Read More
155 years of counting South Africans
The first census to be conducted in what is now South Africa was a 1865 census of the Cape of… Read More