{"slug": "united-states-census-bureau", "label": "United States Census Bureau", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q637413", "qid": "Q637413", "description": "U.S. agency responsible for the census and related statistics", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1790, 1987], "span_label": ["1790 CE", "1987 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 4}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 4}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Census Bureau", "U.S. Census Bureau", "U.S. and World Population Clock", "US Census Bureau"], "related": [{"slug": "ibm", "label": "IBM", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "detroit", "label": "Detroit", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-coast-and-geodetic-survey", "label": "United States Coast and Geodetic Survey", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – The first United States census is authorized.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326580277#January–March", "title": "1790 in the United States", "revid": 1326580277, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1849, "year_label": "1849 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – The United States Department of the Interior is established, incorporating the Census Office, United States General Land Office, Office of Indian Affairs and Patent and Trademark Office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362576929#January–March", "title": "1849", "revid": 1362576929, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to record census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware. Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340164393#January–June", "title": "1890 in the United States", "revid": 1340164393, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to tabulate census returns using punched card input, a landmark in the history of computing hardware. Hollerith's company eventually becomes IBM. The 1890 United States census determines the US population to be 62,979,766, an increase of 25.5 percent relative to the 1880 census.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364071388#June", "title": "1890", "revid": 1364071388, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1903, "year_label": "1903 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Census Board within the Department of Commerce and Labor (Census Bureau).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347727431#January–March", "title": "1903 in the United States", "revid": 1347727431, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Labor are established, by splitting the duties of the 10-year-old Department of Commerce and Labor. The Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey form part of the Department of Commerce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#March", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – 1920 United States census count begins. This becomes the first census to record a population exceeding 100 million, at 106,021,537. Because there are so many mixed-race persons and because so many Americans with some black ancestry appear white, the Census Bureau stops counting mixed-race peoples and the one-drop rule becomes the national legal standard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361426384#January", "title": "1920 in the United States", "revid": 1361426384, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#March", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – The \"population clock\" of the United States Census Bureau records the U.S. population at 200 million people at 11:03 a.m. Washington, D.C. time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#November", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – The United States Census Bureau reports the biggest population gains in metropolitan U.S. areas of over 1 million people since 1980: Phoenix (population increase of 26%); Dallas-Fort Worth (+25%); Atlanta (+20%); San Antonio (+19%) Tampa-Saint Petersburg (+19%); San Diego (+18%); Sacramento (+17%); and Houston (+17%). The largest population losses were in Rust Belt cities: Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#July", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › July"}}]}