L'[[Ufficio del censimento degli Stati Uniti d'America]] (ufficialmente ''Bureau of the Census'', come definito nel ''Title 13 U.S.C. § 11'') è responsabile del censimento degli Stati Uniti.
TheIl firstprimo censuscensimento afterdopo thela [[AmericanGuerra Revolutiond'indipendenza americana]] wasè takenstato infatto [[1790nel United States Census|1790]], undersotto il [[UnitedSegretario Statesdi SecretaryStato ofdegli StateStati Uniti d'America|SecretarySegretario ofdi StateStato]] [[Thomas Jefferson]]; thereci havesono beenstati 22 federalcensimenti censusesfederali sinceda thatquel time.momento<ref name=decennial />. The [[2010 United States Census|current national census]] was held in 2010 and the [[2020 United States Census|next census]] is scheduled for 2020 and much of it will be done using the Internet.<ref>{{cite news|title=2020 Census will be done by Internet|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2020-census-will-be-done-by-internet/2013/03/28/08453c72-97d8-11e2-b68f-dc5c4b47e519_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=1 April 2013|first=Carol|last=Morello|date=March 28, 2013}}</ref> For years between the decennial censuses, the Census Bureau issues estimates made using surveys and statistical models, in particular, the [[American Community Survey]].
[[Title 13 of the United States Code]] governs how the Census is conducted and how its data is handled. Information is confidential as per {{USC|13|9}}. Refusing or neglecting to answer the census is punishable by fines of $100, for a property or business agent to fail to provide correct names for the census is punishable by fines of $500, and for a business agent to provide false answers for the census is punishable by fines of $10,000, pursuant to {{USC|13|221}}-224.
