Census records are official documents that gather information about people in a particular area. They help count and track important details about the population such as their age, gender, race, and occupation. Full definition
To find out, Ruben Arslan, a psychologist at the University of Göttingen in Germany, and colleagues analyzed data from census records from 17th and 18th century Germany, Canada, and Sweden, as well as a national population registry from 20th century Sweden, looking at more than 1.3 million people in total. (sciencemag.org)
Whilst undertaking fieldwork in Gaborone, Botswana's capital, Professor Harding came across historical village census records in the library of the University of Botswana, data which could provide the key to separating electoral pressure from donor demands, allowing us to understand the allocation of development resources. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
HeritageQuest Online contains U.S. federal census records from 1790 - 1940, special federal census schedules, over 20,000 local and family history books, over 20,000 U.S. city directories, a genealogical and local history serials index, Revolutionary War Pension Files, Freedman's Bank Records, and select content from the U.S. Serial Set. (buffalolib.org)