Remarkably, thanks to scanners that can each read 50,000 handwritten forms a day, initial population figures are supposed to be published within a month of census day.

值得一提的是，多亏有扫描仪，每天每台扫描仪可识读50,000份手写表格，这样，人口普查的初步统计数据便可于人口普查日后一个月内公布。

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Remarkably, thanks to scanners that can each read 50, 000 handwritten forms a day, initial population figures are supposed to be published within a month of census day.

值得一提的是，多亏有扫描仪，每天每台扫描仪可识读50,000份手写表格，这样，人口普查的初步统计数据便可于人口普查日后一个月内公布。

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For a country of more than 300m, this is an immense logistical feat: the census Bureau mailed out or hand-delivered about 134m questionnaires for census day on April 1st.

对于一个人口大于三亿的国家来说，这是一次运筹的壮举：为了四月一日的人口普查日，人口普查局寄出或分发出约一亿三千四百万份调查问卷。

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Officials want all forms returned by Census Day,April first.

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The link was announced as Scotland prepared to play Brazil in a friendly on Census Day.

BBC: Census records show Scot 'started football in Brazil'

Unemployment fell from around 15% for the week before Census Day 1940 to around 4.7% by 1942.

CNN: Why the huge interest in the 1940 Census?

Their answers must be based on who is in their household on Census Day, Sunday 27 March.

BBC: Census forms