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There's a saying in business: You can't manage what you don't measure.
By measuring as much as they can get, they hope to be able to better manage the nation's resources. That's my charitable view.
Also, the census is required by our Constitution. It's how Congressional seats are allocated, though all you need is a head count for that.
Plus, every now and then some interesting trivia comes up. For example, one of the earliest reports of a cancer cluster involved scrotal cancer among London chimney sweeps in the 18th century.
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