1990 United States census
E283683
The 1990 United States census was the national population count that reshaped political representation and congressional districts across the country for the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1990 United States census canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2637420 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1990 United States census Context triple: [Texas's 30th congressional district, redistrictedAfter, 1990 United States census]
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A.
1960 United States census
The 1960 United States census was the nationwide population count that provided key demographic data used for political representation, federal funding allocation, and social and economic planning at the start of the 1960s.
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B.
2000 United States census
The 2000 United States census was the nationwide population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000, providing official demographic data used to allocate political representation and federal resources.
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C.
1890 United States Census
The 1890 United States Census was a decennial national population count whose data, though largely lost to fire, significantly influenced later U.S. immigration policy and historical understanding of American demographics at the close of the 19th century.
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D.
2010 United States census
The 2010 United States census was the nationwide population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that determined congressional apportionment and the redrawing of legislative districts for the following decade.
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E.
2020 United States census
The 2020 United States census was the nationwide population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that determined congressional representation, federal funding allocations, and demographic data for the decade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1990 United States census Target entity description: The 1990 United States census was the national population count that reshaped political representation and congressional districts across the country for the 1990s.
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A.
1960 United States census
The 1960 United States census was the nationwide population count that provided key demographic data used for political representation, federal funding allocation, and social and economic planning at the start of the 1960s.
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B.
2000 United States census
The 2000 United States census was the nationwide population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000, providing official demographic data used to allocate political representation and federal resources.
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C.
1890 United States Census
The 1890 United States Census was a decennial national population count whose data, though largely lost to fire, significantly influenced later U.S. immigration policy and historical understanding of American demographics at the close of the 19th century.
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D.
2010 United States census
The 2010 United States census was the nationwide population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that determined congressional apportionment and the redrawing of legislative districts for the following decade.
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E.
2020 United States census
The 2020 United States census was the nationwide population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that determined congressional representation, federal funding allocations, and demographic data for the decade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States census
ⓘ
decennial census ⓘ |
| alsoAvailableIn | Spanish ⓘ |
| apportionmentPopulation | 252120309 ⓘ |
| censusDate | 1990-04-01 ⓘ |
| conductedBy |
Bureau of the Census
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Census Bureau
|
| constitutionalProvision | Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverageEvaluationMethod | post-enumeration survey ⓘ |
| dataCollected |
age
ⓘ
commuting patterns (long form) ⓘ demographic characteristics ⓘ education (long form) ⓘ employment (long form) ⓘ household relationship ⓘ housing characteristics ⓘ income (long form) ⓘ population ⓘ race ⓘ sex ⓘ tenure (owner or renter) ⓘ |
| dataCollectionMethod |
in-person enumeration
ⓘ
mail-out/mail-back questionnaires ⓘ telephone follow-up ⓘ |
| dataReleasedBy |
Bureau of the Census
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Census Bureau
|
| determinedApportionmentFor | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| endTime | 1990 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2000 United States census ⓘ |
| follows | 1980 United States census ⓘ |
| frequency | every 10 years ⓘ |
| hadIssue | differential undercount of minorities ⓘ |
| introduced |
Post-enumeration survey for coverage evaluation
ⓘ
Targeted nonresponse follow-up procedures ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| majorDataRelease |
Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1)
ⓘ
Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1) ⓘ
surface form:
Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3)
|
| partOf |
decennial United States Census
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Census
|
| populationCount | 248709873 ⓘ |
| populationCountRounded | 248.7 million ⓘ |
| referenceDateDescription | Census Day was April 1, 1990 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1990 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | undercount controversy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
congressional redistricting
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federal funding allocation ⓘ reapportionment of House seats among states ⓘ redrawing congressional district boundaries ⓘ redrawing local government districts ⓘ state funding allocation ⓘ state legislative redistricting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 1990 United States census Description of subject: The 1990 United States census was the national population count that reshaped political representation and congressional districts across the country for the 1990s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.