decennial
adjective
de·cen·ni·al di-ˈse-nē-əl 
1
: consisting of or lasting for 10 years
2
: occurring or being done every 10 years
the decennial census
decennial noun
decennially
di-ˈse-nē-ə-lē
adverb 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The redistricting was necessary after the 2020 decennial census. 
Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022 When Bouk was doing his research, 1940 was the most recent decennial census for which full data was available. Karen Sandstrom, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Aldermen will hold two public airings this week on two maps under consideration for redistricted wards, mandated after the decennial census of 2020. Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 This month is especially weak at this point in the election year cycle and in the decennial cycle. Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 6 June 2022 The following map details which Birmingham neighborhoods shrunk between 2010 and 2020, using official head counts from the 2010 and 2020 decennial censuses. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 26 May 2022 That sets the stage for Chicago voters to pick the boundaries for Chicago’s 50 wards for the first time since the decennial remap that followed the 1990 U.S. census. John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022 The report, which evaluated how well the decennial head count tallied U.S. residents, determined some 3 percent of Black residents were uncounted, along with 5 percent of Latinos and nearly 6 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022 The verdicts on who enslaved people and who did not are based on journal articles, books, newspapers and many other texts, with the vast majority of the information coming from the 1790 through 1860 decennial censuses. Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 See More
Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022 When Bouk was doing his research, 1940 was the most recent decennial census for which full data was available. Karen Sandstrom, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Aldermen will hold two public airings this week on two maps under consideration for redistricted wards, mandated after the decennial census of 2020. Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 This month is especially weak at this point in the election year cycle and in the decennial cycle. Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 6 June 2022 The following map details which Birmingham neighborhoods shrunk between 2010 and 2020, using official head counts from the 2010 and 2020 decennial censuses. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 26 May 2022 That sets the stage for Chicago voters to pick the boundaries for Chicago’s 50 wards for the first time since the decennial remap that followed the 1990 U.S. census. John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022 The report, which evaluated how well the decennial head count tallied U.S. residents, determined some 3 percent of Black residents were uncounted, along with 5 percent of Latinos and nearly 6 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022 The verdicts on who enslaved people and who did not are based on journal articles, books, newspapers and many other texts, with the vast majority of the information coming from the 1790 through 1860 decennial censuses. Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1