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Filing returns from the 1950 census.

September 2011 - The History of the 2007 Economic Census [PDF 1.8MB] was released.

August 2011 - A Frequently Asked Questions section was added to the Census Bureau's History Website.

August 2011 - The history staff assisted a British Broadcasting Corporation film crew with research on Herman Hollerith and electronic tabulation.

June 2011 - Instructions to Enumerators have been added to the History Website for 1790 and 1850-2010.

April 2011 - "This Day in Census History" features are now being published on the Census Bureau's FacebookLink to a non-federal Web site page.

December 2009 - The history staff published the History of the 2000 Census of Population and Housing Volume 1 [PDF 14.3MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 5.7MB]


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Census History Staff | Last Revised: April 23, 2012