head count

noun

: an act of counting the number of people at a place, event, etc.

She did a head count to make sure all the students were on the bus.

Examples of head count in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the once-a-decade head count the bureau is best known for, the agency did not add any statistical noise to the state-level 2020 census results used to redistribute congressional seats and Electoral College votes. —Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 12 June 2026

After being confirmed by the Senate as DNI, Gabbard cut nearly 30% of the office's staff, the office said in a fact sheet issued in August 2025, which detailed her plans to make further reductions in head count. —Dan Mangan, CNBC, 5 June 2026

That’s a sizeable output for a company that’s never gone above 40 people as a head count in eight years. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 May 2026

The head count at the consolidated headquarters went from around five hundred to just sixteen, eliminating many policy experts who had assisted field offices with difficult cases. —E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026

Rhymes for head count

• account
• amount
• discount
• dismount
• recount
• remount
• seamount
• surmount
• fount
• mount
• rediscount
• subaccount