The science which has to do with the collection, classification, and analysis of facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic.

The science dealing with collection, tabulation, and analysis of facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

Classified facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic.

Numerical facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.