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The Census for 2010 has had some changes made to it in order to give large cities a better picture of their popultations every year. The census in large cities will no longer be cross-sectional but collected in a time series.Instead of using a questionairre every ten years a survey will be sent to 250,000 households every month. This will allow for more up to date information about the demographics of a particular city. This will also take less time to compile the data making it more efficient. It should be easier to tell about different trends across the country which would help with anything from crime statistices to retail.

Work cited:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/bythenumbers/2005-01-16-census-2010_x.htm