U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 10

WASHINGTON, April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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SATURDAY, APRIL 10: 1940 CENSUS

Profile America -- Saturday, April 10th.  The national census now under way is the 23rd time this once-a-decade count has been conducted since 1790.  The 16th census in 1940 profiled a nation on the brink of World War II.  That census -- considered by historians to be the first modern census -- counted 132 million people in a nation of 48 states.  The decade that followed was dominated by World War II.  In the nearly four years that America was involved, some 292,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors, and airmen were killed in battle.  After the war, the G.I. bill helped thousands of returning veterans to buy houses and go to college, and the so-called baby boom began.  Profile America is presented by the U.S. Census Bureau, reminding you -- take part in the 2010 Census.

Sources:  U.S. Census Bureau, Through the Decades

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).  

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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