United States Census 2010

For Monday, April 6, 2010
Article 1 of the United States Constitution (Legislative) states, in part, "Section 2: 2.3 Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers . . . ."  "The actual Enumeration (counting) shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct." 

Section 2 of the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution indicate who shall be counted: "

The 2010 Census is the 23rd census of the United States of America.  The first census was conducted in 1780, according to the constitution, and a new census has been conducted every ten years thereafter.  The information collected in the census varies and the data collected is confidential (regarding tying information to people who provided it).  Summary data is used to determine representation of each state in the House of Representatives and to determine the distribution of Federal taxes to states based on a "per capita" (head count) quota.