1.   In some countries, national and racial minorities meant that total population figures do not tell the whole story about military strength.

2.   The difficulties of counting whales makes most population figures extremely unreliable.

3.   The federal government used population figures in its calculations when allocating regional budgets.

4.   The first four counts are of limited use to the historian for they do not list individual households, but they do provide population figures on a township basis.

5.   Apparently, the GOP is afraid statistical sampling could produce higher population figures for minorities and, therefore, mean more seats in the House for Democrats.

6.   As soon as Evans releases his decision, the Census Bureau will begin issuing population figures for redistricting on a state-by-state basis.

7.   At issue is whether the next president will give the states population figures that have been adjusted by the Census Bureau after the traditional head count.

8.   At that time a Census Bureau panel will review the survey and recommend to the director whether the agency should adjust population figures to reflect the undercount.

9.   A glance at the population figures affords the obvious explanation for this irrational behavior.