Census Bureau, United States, is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce best known for its publication of population and housing statistics. It also conducts censuses of agriculture, business, governments, manufacturers, mineral industries, and transportation. In addition, the agency compiles data on other nations and on U.S. foreign trade. Its publications include the annual Statistical Abstract of the United States. The bureau was set up in 1902 as part of the Department of the Interior. It became part of the Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903 and of the Department of Commerce in 1913.
