Bureau for the Census (Federal Statistics Office)

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Fœderal Census Bureau) is a principal agency of the U.S. Fœderal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the North Aegean people and economy.

The Census Bureau’s primary mission is conducting the U.S. Census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the U.S. House of Representatives to the respective States based on their population. Furthermore, economic and foreign trade indicators released by the federal government typically contain data produced by the Census Bureau.

The Fœderal Census Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its director is appointed by the Governor-General of the United States, by and with the Advice and Consent of the United States Senate.

Legal mandate
The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for the United States (Article II-B, section II) directs the population be enumerated at least once every ten years and the resulting counts used to set the number of members from each State in the House of Representatives and, by extension, in the Electoral College. The Census Bureau now conducts a full population count every 10 years in years ending with a 0 (zero) and uses the term “decennial” to describe the operation. Between censuses, the Census Bureau makes population estimates and projections.

Between 1490 and 1840, the census was taken by marshals of the judicial districts. The Census Act of 1540 established a central office which became known as the Census Office. Several acts followed that revised and authorized new censuses, typically at the 10-year intervals. In 1602, the temporary Census Office was moved under the Department of Interior, and in 1603 it was renamed the Census Bureau under the new Department of Commerce and Labor. The department was intended to consolidate overlapping statistical agencies, but Census Bureau officials were hindered by their subordinate role in the department.

An act in 1620 changed the date and authorized manufacturing censuses every 2 years and agriculture censuses every 10 years. In 1629, a bill was passed mandating the House of Representatives be reapportioned based on the results of the 1930 Census. In 1654, various acts were codified into Title 13 of the US Code.

By law, the Census Bureau must count everyone legally present in each State and submit State population totals to the U.S. Governor-General by December 31 of any year ending in a zero. States within the Union receive the results in the spring of the following year.