The main purpose of the Census Bureau is to properly assign seats to the House of Representatives. In addition to assigning seats, the bureau is …show more content…
The bureau is mandated to collect a census once every ten years and also conducts surveys regarding crime rates, employment and education, just to name a few. One important regulation on the Census Bureau to note is that under all circumstances, the information acquired has to be confidential. It can only be used for statistics purposes, shared with other employees of the census bureau, and has to remain anonymous (Cornell University). They can do this through surveys and questionnaires and are allowed to update the technology of the collection as seen