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== Organizational structure == {{see also|Director of the United States Census Bureau}} [[File:New Regional Offices.png|thumb|right|U.S. Census Bureau Regional Office boundaries]] Since 1903, the official census-taking agency of the United States government has been the Bureau of the Census. The Census Bureau is headed by a director, assisted by a deputy director and an executive staff composed of the associate directors. The Census Bureau headquarters has been in [[Suitland, Maryland]], since 1942. A new headquarters complex completed there in 2007 supports over 4,000 employees.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/census_facilities/new_headquarters_building.html | title= New Headquarters | date= October 22, 2019 | access-date= November 3, 2019 | archive-date= November 3, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191103041755/https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/census_facilities/new_headquarters_building.html | url-status= live }}</ref> The bureau operates regional offices in six cities:<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.census.gov/regions | title= Regional Offices | access-date= March 26, 2019 | archive-date= March 27, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090924/https://www.census.gov/regions | url-status= live }}</ref> [[32 Old Slip|New York City]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Chicago]], [[Atlanta]], [[Denver]], and [[Los Angeles]]. The National Processing Center is in [[Jeffersonville, Indiana]]. Additional temporary processing facilities facilitate the decennial census, which employs more than a million people. The cost of the 2000 census was $4.5 billion. During the years just prior to the decennial census, parallel census offices, known as "Regional Census Centers" are opened in the field office cities. The decennial operations are carried out from these facilities. The Regional Census Centers oversee the openings and closings of smaller "Area Census Offices" within their collection jurisdictions. In 2020, Regional Census Centers oversaw the operation of 248 Area Census Offices,<ref>{{cite web|last=United States Census Bureau|date=December 31, 2018|title=2020 Census Operational Plan v4.0|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/program-management/planning-docs/2020-oper-plan4.pdf|access-date=January 20, 2021|website=Census.gov|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802113646/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/program-management/planning-docs/2020-oper-plan4.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The estimated cost of the 2010 census is $14.7 billion. On January 1, 2013, the Census Bureau consolidated its twelve regional offices into six. Increasing costs of data collection, changes in survey management tools such as laptops and the increasing use of multi-modal surveys (i.e. internet, telephone, and in-person) led the Bureau to consolidate.<ref>{{cite web | title=A Restructuring of Census Bureau Regional Offices | publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census | url=http://directorsblog.blogs.census.gov/2011/06/29/a-restructuring-of-census-bureau-regional-offices/ | access-date=June 21, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611033428/http://directorsblog.blogs.census.gov/2011/06/29/a-restructuring-of-census-bureau-regional-offices/ | archive-date=June 11, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The six regional offices that closed were Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City and Seattle. The remaining regional offices are New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | title=Census Bureau Regional Office Boundaries | publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census | url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pdf/new_ro_map_final2.pdf | access-date=June 21, 2012 | archive-date=June 25, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625170441/http://www.census.gov/newsroom/pdf/new_ro_map_final2.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> The Census Bureau also runs the [[Census Information Center]] cooperative program that involves 58 "national, regional, and local non-profit organizations". The CIC program aims to represent the interests of underserved communities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census Information Centers |publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census |url=https://www.census.gov/clo/www/cic/ |access-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516123415/http://www.census.gov/clo/www/cic/ |archive-date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref>
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