census
/ˈsɛnsəs
/noun (plural censuses)
An official count or survey, especially of a population: a traffic census...
- A local census of population, resource audit and needs analysis will also be compiled.
- The traditional way of doing this has been to use death rates or self reported measures of chronic illness derived from censuses or surveys of the population.
- The differences can be accounted for by the fact that these are samples, and not censuses of the population.
Origin
Early 17th century (denoting a poll tax): from Latin, applied to the registration of citizens and property in ancient Rome, usually for taxation, from censere 'assess'. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century.