What is United States Census Bureau?
[[File:Seal of the United States Census Bureau.svg|thumb|Seal of the Bureau of the Census]] The '''United States Census Bureau''' (officially '''Bureau of the Census''') is a part of the [[United States]] [[government]] that is responsible for the [[United States Census]]. The Census Bureau is a part of the [[United States Department of Commerce]]. ==Legal mandate== The [[Constitution of the United States]] says that the [[population]] must be counted at least once every ten years (through the [[U.S. Census]]). This is done to calculate how many [[United States House of Representatives|Federal Representatives]] in [[Congress]] each [[U.S. state|state]] should have. The Census Bureau is in charge of doing this. It [[wikt:collect|collects]] [[statistic]]s about the [[nation]], its people, and its [[economics|economy]]. The Census Bureau's [[law|legal]] [[authority]] is listed in Title 13 of the [[United States Code]]. The first census bureau was in [[1790]]. ==Organizational structure== [[File:US_Census_regional_map.gif|right|thumb|US Census Bureau Regions.]] Since [[1903]], The Bureau of the Census has been the census-taking [[organization]] of the United States government. The Bureau is led by a Director, who is helped by a deputy director and associate directors. The Census Bureau headquarters is located at 4600 Silver Hill Road, [[Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland|Suitland]], [[Maryland]]. There are regional offices in 12 cities: [[Boston]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Detroit]], [[Chicago]], [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], [[Seattle]], [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Atlanta]], [[Dallas]], [[Denver]], and [[Los Angeles]].{{Fact|date=June 2015}} More offices are set up and used when it comes time to do the census every 10 years. ==Population estimates== The Census Bureau also use real-time [[extrapolation]] of information on [[population]], [[birth]], and [[death]] to give their estimates of the number of people in the United States and the world. ==References== * The orig