recent census
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecentandcensus
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recent
adjective
uk/ˈriː.sənt/us/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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census
noun[C]
uk/ˈsen.səs/us/ˈsen.səs/
a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to collect information ...
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(Definition ofrecentandcensusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The mostrecentcensusreports should enable us to establish the differential migration rates to towns and cities.
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Inrecentcensusyears, there has been the expected rise in co-residence among the very old.
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The control group was also compared to arecentcensusof the background population.
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The sample closely matched the percentages living in the four housing types reported by the mostrecentcensus.
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Population figures are a matter of considerable dispute, and both leading communities claim their numbers were seriously underestimated in therecentcensus.
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The proposed voluntary sample survey of incomes is being reviewed in the light of therecentcensus.
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For example, 100,000 retailers could have been exempted from therecentcensus.
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The mostrecentcensustook place in 1931!
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It is clear fromrecentcensusreturns that many more elderly now live alone.
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Therecentcensusreturns showed a doubling of the number of people living on their own.
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According to arecentcensuswe have coming into the city a hundred thousand vehicles every week-day.
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According to arecentcensus, they number about 112,500 out of a total population of about 120,000.
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That group has conducted arecentcensus, which is not complete since the group is still working on it.
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The population had fallen steadily from a peak of 31,000 in 1861 until the mostrecentcensuswhich showed a population of just over 17,000.
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It uses as raw material the conventional household projection data, most of which predate the outcome of therecentcensus.
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I represent an area whichrecentcensusfigures suggest has the third highest level of male unemployment in the country.
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Why did we not take the bold decision of including the ethnic question in the mostrecentcensus?
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I expect that therecentcensuswill demonstrate a significant increase in the ethnic and faith minority population.
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At the time of the mostrecentcensusin 1998, its population was 5,157.
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