Bureau Quote by Bill Dedman

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

— Rob Lowe

People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.

— Max Barry

America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril.…

— Christine Pelosi

“No one can know, of course, accurate population figures from an era before there was a census, but many officials on the ground at…

— Adam Hochschild

...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably…

— Toshihiko Fukui

Within just a few years immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records. The time has come for…

— Donald Trump

Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific'…

— Robert Fogel

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people…

— Aaron Sorkin

I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.

— Leah Ward Sears

Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker.

— Mary Douglas

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and…

— Howard Baker