United States Census Bureau Timeline of Events

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The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

Timeline of Events

1790

3.1.1790

The first United States census is authorized.

1890

6.1.1890

The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

1951

3.31.1951

Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.