1) What is census?
Answer: Census is, an official count or survey of a population, which determines how many people live there.
2) How often?
Answer: The United States takes it every 10 years.
3) How is it given?
Answer:Today, census forms are mailed to every household. The head of each household is required to fill out the form and return it. In the past, workers went door-to-door to complete each census form. Some of the information census taker asked for in the 1940 Census included:
The value of the home, or the monthly rent
Name of each person who lived there
Relationship of each person to the head of the household
Each person’s gender and race
Each person’s age
Highest grade of school each person completed
Birthplace of each person (state, territory, or foreign country)
Occupation of each person, if working
5) How does it affect the legislative branch?
Answer: It affects the legislative branch by determining the seats of representatives that each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives.