The plural form of census; official counts or surveys of a population, usually including details like age, occupation, and location.
Plural of 'census' from Latin 'census' (a counting or register). The Latin plural 'censūs' remained unchanged in English, unlike many Romance language plurals.
Modern censuses are treasures for historians because they accidentally preserved snapshots of entire societies—from what people did for work to where immigrants lived—all by just counting heads.
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