The Census Bureau has offered me a job, and I have accepted.
I thought I would share with you a few fun facts and maybe some statistics about said bureau.
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The first US Census was conducted in 1790. The US population was a little less than 4 million people. The census cost $44,000 (about 1.1 cent per person) and asked 6 questions.
In 1790, New York City had a population of 33,131 people and was the largest urban place.
President George Washington delivers the first "State of the Union Address" on January 8, 1790.
John Chapman (a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed) begins handing out apple seeds and seedlings to Ohio settlers in 1800.
The largest population increase in the US since 1790 occurs in the years between 1800 and 1810 – an increase of 36.4%.
Poet Emily Dickinson is born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, MA.
Alexander Cartwright and his New York Knickerbockers codify the "Rules of Baseball" in 1845.
The September 18, 1850, Fugitive Slave Act provides for the return of slaves brought to free states.
The Pony Express leaves Sacramento, CA, for St. Joseph, MO, on April 3, 1860.
The National Weather Service issues its first weather forecast on November 1, 1870. The forecast warns of a windy day in Chicago, IL.
Between 1870 and 1880, New York City increases its population to over 1 million. It is still the largest urban place in the nation.
San Francisco hits the list of the largest urban places at number 10 in 1879. It has a population of 149,473, just 22 years after gold was discovered in California. It never gets higher than number 8 and in 1910 falls off the list.
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor from France, in July 1885.
Wyoming and Idaho are admitted as the 43rd and 44th states in July 1890.
On February 14, 1903, the U.S. Census Bureau becomes part of the new U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor.
Arizona becomes the 48th state and last of the contiguous states admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912.
On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified prohibiting any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex.
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Department stores begin selling Tupperware® in 1946.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to vacate her seat aboard a Montgomery, AL, bus.
After 13 years, NBC cancels Howdy Doody. The last episode airs September 24, 1960.
NASA's Viking 1 lands on Mars on July 20, 1976.
Apple Computer® launches its Macintosh computer in 1984.
Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne, John Grisham's The Pelican Brief, and Danielle Steel's Mixed Blessings, are 1992 Bestsellers.
The "dot.com" technology bubble, spanning from 1995 to 2000, peaks when intraday trading on the NASDAQ exchange reaches 5132.52.
On January 27, 2010, Apple Computer unveils the iPad tablet computer.
In 2010, 220 years after the first census, the population of the US is almost 309 million people. The questionnaire has 10 questions. The cost of the census is $12.9 billion and costs 4778 cents per capita. New York is still the largest urban place with just over 8 million people. Los Angeles is a distant second at close to 3.8 million.
*Mark Twain attributes this remark to Disraeli, but that attribution has been discredited.
Source for facts and figures: http://www.census.gov/...
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