His other quarrel concerned the national census, which for some reason falls under the Commerce Department.
The country's first national census of pollution sources is due to begin in February.
The 2010 national census established that the illiteracy rate for indigenous people was about 27.2% while the national average was 5.4%.
Under the constitution, the 130 seats in the lower house of Congress are supposed to be redistributed after each national census.
Cultural bias in favour of males has produced an officially recorded ratio at birth of 118 boys to 100 girls, according to China's national census in 2000.
Last year work-related fatalities dipped 6%, to 5, 488 (or 3.7 per 100, 000 workers), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries report.
Overall, the 2010 national census established that Mexico had achieved near-universal primary school net enrolment and youth literacy rates while adult literacy rates had improved significantly (see above).
At the end of May, rumours spread that plans to hold a national census in November could in effect herald an amnesty for the likes of Mr Yang.
Kirchner, nicknamed the penguin because of his Patagonian origins, died around 9am in Argentina, where the markets were closed because the national census was being carried out that day.
According to a recent national census report published by the Land Trust Alliance, the total acreage protected in Colorado increased from just under 350, 000 acres (142, 000 hectares) in 2000 to almost 1m by the end of 2005.
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As a result, the 2010 national census established that China had achieved near-universal primary school net enrolment and youth literacy rates (see above) while its total adult literacy rate rose markedly from 66 per cent in 1982 to 91 per cent in 2000 and 94 per cent by 2010.
In Cambodia, the 2008 National Population Census placed the literacy rate of those aged 15 years or older at 77.6%.
Evans, the manager of Bush's presidential campaign, was tapped by the president-elect December 20 for the Commerce post, where, should he be confirmed, he will be charged with overseeing domestic commerce, international trade agreements, import and export levels, fisheries policy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Census Bureau and the National Weather Service.
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On home ownership, the census put the national figure at 45.8%, with Berlin right at the bottom.
"The census gives us national population estimates as well as detailed information for small areas - down to areas covering just 100 households, " the spokeswoman added.
The National Academy of Sciences and the Census Bureau do not agree with this view.
In reality, America's incarceration rate increased nearly ten fold between 1973 and 2000 at a time when, according to the Census Bureau's National Crime Victimisation Survey, the crime rate was relatively flat or falling.
According to a specimen 2011 census on the Office for National Statistics website, they will also ask about "same sex civil partnership status" for the first time.
There is also some confusion as the first three days of the census have not been declared national public holidays, even though people have been urged to stay at home until they are counted.
Mr Singh's romantic life had become a casualty of India's preference for boy babies, which in his state, Haryana, has led to the most skewed sex ratio in India: 116 to 100, according to the 2001 census, compared with a national average of 108.
According to a National Academy of Science's analysis of census data, Asian-Americans have a 12.3 percent poverty rate.
The Office for National Statistics has defended the wording of the census.
Similarly, the census should measure the success of a national campaign to improve India's dismal rates of literacy.
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That was surprising since the projection by the National Statistics Institute (INE) from the previous census in 2002 was 17.4m.
The last "puffin census" in 2008, carried out by National Trust rangers, recorded 36, 835 pairs.
Per capita income there is 26 percent below the national average, and 27 percent of its residents are foreign-born, more than twice the national average, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Up to 125 million migrant workers and 80 million unregistered children may have eluded census takers a decade ago, when the last national count was conducted.
The researchers hope that their census, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, will become the benchmark against which the future health of the species can be measured.
The Pew study chiefly used federal data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Justice Department's National Crime Victimization Survey, a household survey conducted by the Census Bureau.
But after weeks of controversy about flags and national identity, politicians' claims about Catholic unionism, and a census showing a growing number identifying themselves as Northern Irish, what lies behind that headline figure in the Spotlight opinion poll is particularly revealing.
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