§ 181. — Population.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC181]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 5--CENSUSES
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERIM CURRENT DATA
Sec. 181. Population
(a) During the intervals between each census of population required
under section 141 of this title, the Secretary, to the extent feasible,
shall annually produce and publish for each State, county, and local
unit of general purpose government which has a population of fifty
thousand or more, current data on total population and population
characteristics and, to the extent feasible, shall biennially produce
and publish for other local units of general purpose government current
data on total population. Such data shall be produced and published for
each State, county, and other local unit of general purpose government
for which data is compiled in the most recent census of population taken
under section 141 of this title. Such data may be produced by means of
sampling or other methods, which the Secretary determines will produce
current, comprehensive, and reliable data.
(b) If the Secretary is unable to produce and publish current data
during any fiscal year on total population for any county and local unit
of general purpose government as required by this section, a report
shall be submitted by the Secretary to the President of the Senate and
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives not later than 90 days
before the commencement of the following fiscal year, enumerating each
government excluded and giving the reasons for such exclusion.
(Added Pub. L. 94-521, Sec. 8(a), Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2462.)
Codification
A prior section 181, act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1021,
authorizing the Secretary to conduct surveys necessary to furnish
current data on subjects covered by the censuses under this title, was
repealed by section 8(a) of Pub. L. 94-521. See section 182 of this
title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 17, 1976, see section 17 of Pub. L. 94-521,
set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 10403.
