President Luis Abinader declared of national interest the preparation, organization, survey, processing and dissemination of the X National Population and Housing Census. The Census will update the data on the Dominican population. The data is essential for setting public policies.
The Presidency issued Decree 607-21, which indicates that the X National Population and Housing Census will be carried out in 2022, according to the planning and schedule that will be submitted to the Executive Branch by the National Statistics Office (ONE).
The decree creates the National Census Commission, which will be integrated by 26 institutions, among them, the Ministry of Economy that will preside the commission, as well as the Ministry of the Presidency, Administrative of the Presidency and Hacienda.
Read more in Spanish:
Listin Diario
ONE
28 September 2021