intercensal

/ ˌɪntəˈsɛnsəl /

adjective

1. (of population figures, etc) estimated at a time between official censuses

Word History and Origins

Origin of intercensal¹

C19: from inter- + censal, irregularly formed from census

Example Sentences

The report, released Dec. 30, was the last “intercensal” study before the actual headcount in 2020, and therefore especially indicative as a guide to congressional reapportionment over the coming decade.

From Washington Post

It will, however, be noted that, although the decrease in the proportion of blind in the latest intercensal period was still considerable, yet the rate of decrease which had obtained between 1871 and 1891 was not maintained.—

From Project Gutenberg

Hence the name of lustrum came to denote the intercensal term, or a period of five years.

From Project Gutenberg