Documents/USCB2007/1: Benchmark Measures/Strategic Objective 2: Economic & Population Metrics

Strategic Objective 2: Economic & Population Metrics

Support the economic and political foundations of the United States by producing benchmark measures of the economy and population for the administration and equitable funding of federal, state, and local programs

Other Information:

The Census Bureau’s benchmark programs are the principal sources of baseline information used to govern the United States. They include the decennial census of population and housing, the quinquennial economic census and the census of governments, and the intercensal demographic estimates program.

Stakeholder(s):

  • Federal Programs

  • State Programs

  • Local Programs

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