Conteo de Población y Vivienda
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The Conteo de Población y Vivienda (Count of Population and Housing) is a national census
compiled by the government of Mexico
, taken intermedially between the more comprehensive national general censuses (Censo General de Población y Vivienda
). Like the general census, the Conteo is conducted on a decennial basis—every ten years in a year ending in 5, while the censo general is conducted in years ending in 0. The first conteo was conducted in 1995, and the second in 2005, intermediate between the last censo general in 2000 and the next scheduled census in 2010.
The responsibility for designing and carrying out the conteo and the general census lies with the national statistics body, INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática).
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
compiled by the government of Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, taken intermedially between the more comprehensive national general censuses (Censo General de Población y Vivienda
Censo General de Población y Vivienda
The Censo General de Población y Vivienda is the main national census for Mexico...
). Like the general census, the Conteo is conducted on a decennial basis—every ten years in a year ending in 5, while the censo general is conducted in years ending in 0. The first conteo was conducted in 1995, and the second in 2005, intermediate between the last censo general in 2000 and the next scheduled census in 2010.
The responsibility for designing and carrying out the conteo and the general census lies with the national statistics body, INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática).
External links
- Memoria del Conteo de Población y Vivienda 1995, online publication of the I Conteo de Población y Vivienda 1995, INEGI
- II Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2005, results of the 2005 conteo