Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Government, bent on taking a census of Iraq's 3,500,000 (estimated) people, bethought itself of the surging throngs in the bazaars and narrow lanes of Old Baghdad. If noses were to be counted, the nose-bearers would have to stand still. So last week the Government ordered every one (including Government officials other than census-takers) to stay home on census days...
...Census Bureau reported that the U.S. had gained approximately 2,279,000 residents in 1946, the greatest one-year population spurt in its history. Estimated total U.S. population...
...Census Bureau reported that the number of private households in the U.S. has increased 12% to a total of 39,138,000 in the last seven years. But the practice of doubling up has increased, too-2,764,000 married couples were living with other families...
...Census Bureau reports [TiME, Aug. 25] that, of the ten leading states, only Missouri dropped in population in the interim between 1940 and July 1, 1946. . . . When you consider how many residents of that state Harry Truman has commandeered and moved to Washington, B.C., one is amazed that the loss in population was only 8,414, as reported...
...California's population has kept up its tremendous rate of growth since July 1946, it is now the second largest state. Los Angeles' Mayor Fletcher Bowron declared firmly that his city is now the nation's third largest, with nearly two million population. The 1950 census would decide...