Census to count migrants, street dwellers, probe crime

For the first time, Trinidad and To­ba­go’s 2027 Na­tion­al Pop­u­la­tion and Hous­ing Cen­sus will col­lect da­ta on mi­grants, street dwellers and crime, as the coun­try pre­pares for a na­tion­wide ex­er­cise backed by a $50 mil­lion in­vest­ment and ex­pect­ed to cre­ate 3,500 tem­po­rary jobs.

Ahead of the na­tion­al ex­er­cise, the Cen­tral Sta­tis­ti­cal Of­fice (CSO) will launch a pi­lot cen­sus to­mor­row un­der the theme “To­geth­er We Count”, with na­tion­wide field­work ex­pect­ed to be­gin next June.

The cen­sus will al­so gath­er vi­tal in­for­ma­tion on hous­ing, health, un­em­ploy­ment, so­cial ser­vices and in­fra­struc­ture.