census vs tally

census and tally both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
census	Yes	No	Yes	No
tally	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, tally is a hypernym of census; that is, tally is a word with a broader meaning than census:

Other hypernyms of census include count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning.

census (noun)	tally (noun)
a periodic count of the population	the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
	a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
	a bill for an amount due

census (verb)	tally (verb)
conduct a census	determine the sum of
	keep score, as in games
	gain points in a game
	be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics