The phrase "at census" is not commonly used in written English and may not be correct depending on the context.
It could be used in discussions related to data collection or demographic studies, but it typically requires additional context to clarify its meaning.
Example: "The data collected at census shows significant population growth in urban areas."
Alternatives: "during the census" or "in the census data".
To approximate urban area population, we began by establishing baseline population data using 2000 US Census data at census block resolution, overlaying these data on shapefiles for the urban areas of interest.
Or perhaps the men simply made themselves scarce at census time.
He looked at census data, information on the housing stock and talked to people throughout the industry.
Yes, concludes a study by a liberal research group that looked at census data in battleground states.
The researchers looked at Census data on state-to-state migration patterns through the summer of 2010, paying special attention to migration of renters versus homeowners.
Fast-food companies have long looked at census data to figure out where to put outlets, and what to feed people there.
I understand they're only trying to create some immediacy, but you can't do it by staring at census forms and speculating wildly about someone's state of mind as if you were channelling them on Most Haunted.
He had no idea that an ordinary citizen could look at census information; he just wanted to spend some time with me as I worked on a family history project.
In a population of about 82 million, there are about four million Muslims (a number he said he calculated partly by looking at census figures for families with lots of children. Big families must be Muslim, he concluded).
"We look a lot at census data and other internal and external information to understand how demographic shifts might affect our products," said Amelia Strobel, senior director of the consumer insights group at Mondelez.
The analysis was performed at census tract level.
