Adjusting the 1990 Census

The author outlines process by which U.S. Census Bureau counts countrys population. He reviews two current techniques for evaluating or adjusting census results use of administrative records to make alternative population estimates and capture-recapture methods using data from an independent sample survey. The author concludes that census is remarkably accurate that there is little hard evidence that current adjustment methodologies would improve accuracy of census results and that the present state of art probably cannot support adjustment of 1990 census.