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The United States Census Bureau (officially '''Bureau of the Census''' as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department Of Commerce . It is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census . In June 2007, President Bush nominated Steven H. Murdock to become the next director of the Census Bureau, replacing Charles Louis Kincannon . In 2006, Kincannon said he would leave the agency when a new director was confirmed. Kincannon said at the time he felt he had lost the confidence of the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau.1 At the time of his nomination, Murdock was the state demographer of Texas and the Chair of Demography and Organization Studies at the University Of Texas At San Antonio .2 LEGAL MANDATE See Also: United States Census The . The first population census taken was in 1790 . The Census Bureau now conducts a full population count every 10 years in years ending with a 0 (zero), and uses the term "decennial" to describe the operation. In addition, the Bureau also conducts surveys on behalf of various Federal Government and local government agencies on topics such as employment, crime, health, consumer expenditures, and housing. Within the bureau, these are known as "demographic surveys" and are conducted perpetually between and during decennial (10-year) population counts. For example, these surveys are: CPS, SIPP, HIS, and CE. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Since 1903, the official census-taking agency of the United States government has been the Bureau of the Census. The Bureau is headed by a Director, assisted by a Deputy Director and an Executive Staff composed of the associate directors. The Census Bureau headquarters is located at 4600 Silver Hill Road, , New York City , Philadelphia , Detroit , Chicago , Kansas City , Seattle , Charlotte , Atlanta , Dallas , Denver , and Los Angeles . The National Processing Center is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana . Additional temporary processing facilities are used to facilitate the decennial censuses. Out of the 12 regional offices, thousands of full- and part-time field representatives work in efforts to do follow-up work on interviews for demographic surveys. Usually, field representatives must visit individual addresses to gain the trust and co-operation of interviewees. The Census Bureau also runs the Census Information Center cooperative program that involves 58 "national, regional, and local non-profit organizations." The CIC program aims to represent the interests of underserved communities. {Link without Title} POPULATION RADIO The Census Bureau also maintains the ''Population Radio'', a real-time extrapolation of information on population, birth, and death to give their approximation of the number of people in the United States and the world. REFERENCES
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