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This January 30, 1956, Chemical and Engineering News magazine features a cover story on the newly released 1954 Census of Manufactures data. This was the first census that used the UNIVAC I computer for processing all of its data. The article hails the 1954 count as "the most elaborate industry census ever taken."
Learn more about interesting census-related artifacts on the Census Bureau's social media pages using the tag #ArtifactFriday. For previous #ArtifactFriday posts, visit the History Web site's Artifacts pages.
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