Our population statistics cover age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, migration, ancestry, language use, veterans, as well as population estimates and projections.
The U.S. Census Bureau is the official source of statistical data tracking the national economy.
Business is a large part of America's diverse economy. This section provides key information about businesses in your community.
This section provides information on a range of educational topics, from educational attainment and school enrollment to school districts, costs and financing.
Prepare for Emergencies, Natural and Man-made Disasters using U.S. Census Bureau's data and statistics
We measure the state of the nation's workforce, including employment and unemployment levels, weeks and hours worked, occupations, and commuting.
Our statistics highlight trends in household and family composition, describe characteristics of the residents of housing units, and show how they are related.
Health statistics on insurance coverage, disability, fertility and other health issues are increasingly important in measuring the nation’s overall well-being.
We measure the housing and construction industry, track homeownership rates, and produce statistics on the physical and financial characteristics of our homes.
Income is the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.
The U.S. Census Bureau is the official source for U.S. export and import statistics and regulations governing the reporting of exports from the U.S.
The U.S. Census Bureau provides data for the Federal, state and local governments as well as voting, redistricting, apportionment and congressional affairs.
Geography is central to the work of the Bureau, providing the framework for survey design, sample selection, data collection, tabulation, and dissemination.
Find resources on how to use geographic data and products with statistical data, educational blog postings, and presentations.
The Geographic Support System Initiative will integrate improved address coverage, spatial feature updates, and enhanced quality assessment and measurement.
Work with interactive mapping tools from across the Census Bureau.
Find geographic data and products such as Shapefiles, KMLs, TIGERweb, boundary files, geographic relationship files, and reference and thematic maps.
Metropolitan and micropolitan areas are geographic entities used by Federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing Federal statistics.
Find information about specific partnership programs and learn more about our partnerships with other organizations.
Definitions of geographic terms, why geographic areas are defined, and how the Census Bureau defines geographic areas.
We conduct research on geographic topics such as how to define geographic areas and how geography changes over time.
Tells the stories behind the numbers in a new inviting way. It features stories on various topics such as housing, employment and population.
Official audio files from the Census Bureau, including "Profile America," a daily series of bite-sized statistics, placing current data in a historical context.
Stock photos that illustrate official Census Bureau operations and activities.
Read publications, briefs and reports from Census Bureau experts.
Watch Census Bureau vignettes, testimonials, and video files.
Explore Census data with infographics and visualizations covering a broad range of topics.
Read research analyses via working papers and reports from Census Bureau experts.
Find information using interactive applications to get statistics from multiple surveys.
Developer portal to access services and documentation for the Census Bureau's APIs.
Find a multitude of DVDs, CDs and publications in print by topic.
These external sites provide more data.
The Census Bureau reuses data from other agencies to cut the cost of data collection and to reduce the burden on people who respond to our censuses and surveys.
Download extraction tools to help you get the in-depth data you need.
Learn more about our data from this collection of e-tutorials, presentations, webinars and other training materials. Sign up for training sessions.
Explore Census data with infographics and visualizations covering a broad range of topics.
If you have received a survey, this site will help you verify that the survey came from us, understand and complete the form, and know how we protect your data.
The U.S. Census Bureau is researching modern and cost-efficient methods for the population to exercise its civic obligation to be counted in the 2020 Census.
The 2018 Census Test will take place in Pierce County, Wash.; Providence County, R.I.; and the Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, W.Va., area.
National and state population totals from the 2010 Census were released on December 21, 2010
The American Community Survey is the premier source for information about America's changing population, housing and workforce.
The AHS is sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Economic Census is the U.S. government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy.
Collects data and measures change for many topics including: economic well-being, family dynamics, education, assets, health insurance, and childcare.
Connect with the U.S. Census Bureau using social media.
Find interesting and quirky statistics regarding national celebrations and major events.
Stats for Stories provides story ideas highlighting the Bureau's newsworthy statistics that relate to current events, observances, holidays, and anniversaries.
See what's coming up in releases and reports.
Press Kits package information about Census Bureau topics, including media contacts, press releases and fact sheets, story ideas and multimedia resources.
Information about the U.S. Census Bureau.
Information about what we do at the U.S. Census Bureau.
Our researchers explore innovative ways to conduct surveys, increase respondent participation, reduce costs, and improve accuracy.
Learn about other opportunities to collaborate with us.
Explore prospective positions available at the U.S. Census Bureau.
Information about the current field vacancies available at the U.S. Census Bureau Regional Offices.
The regional offices are responsible for all data collection, data dissemination, and geographic operations under a new service area boundary.
Explore the rich historical background of an organization with roots almost as old as the nation.
The Census Bureau reuses data from other agencies to cut the cost of data collection and to reduce the burden on people who respond to our censuses and surveys.
The Census Bureau has several policies to ensure the data we collect is protected and your privacy is respected.
The NSF–Census Research Network provides support for a set of research nodes, each of which is staffed by a team of scientists conducting interdisciplinary research and educational activities on methodological questions of interest and significance to the broader research community and to the Federal Statistical System, particularly the U.S. Census Bureau. The activities will advance both fundamental and applied knowledge as well as further the training of current and future generations of researchers in research skills of relevance to the measurement of economic units, households, and persons.
The FY 2010–11 competition for National Science Foundation-Census Bureau Research Network grants is complete. The eight winners are described below.
Medium Nodes
1. Carnegie–Mellon University. "Data Integration, Online Data Collection, and Privacy Protection for Census 2020". Principal Investigator: Stephen E. Fienberg (Professor of Statistics and Social Science); Senior Personnel: Alessandro Acquisti (Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy), Margo Anderson (Professor of History and Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), William F. Eddy (Professor of Statistics), Joseph B. Kadane (Professor of Statistics and Social Sciences), Rebecca Nugent (Assistant Teaching Professor of Statistics).
2. Cornell University. "Integrated Research Support, Training and Data Documentation". Principal Investigator: John Abowd (Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Information Science); Senior Personnel: William C. Block (Director, Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research), Warren Brown (Research Faculty, CISER), Stefan Kramer (Research Data Management Librarian, CISER), Ping Li (Assistant Professor of Statistical Science), Lars Vilhuber (Senior Research Associate at the ILR School).
3. Duke University. "Enhancing Federal Agencies' Data Dissemination Capabilities". Principal Investigator: Jerome P. Reiter (Associate Professor of Statistical Science); Senior Personnel: Lawrence H. Cox (Assistant Director of Official Statistics, National Institute of Statistical Sciences), David Dunson (Professor of Statistical Science), D. Sunshine Hillygus (Associate Professor of Political Science), V. Joseph Hotz (Professor of Economics), Alan F Karr (Director, National Institute of Statistical Sciences), Fan Li (Assistant Professor of Statistical Science), Seth Sanders (Director, Duke Population Research Institute; Professor of Economics and Public Policy).
4. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. "Linking Surveys to the World – Administrative Data, the Web, and Beyond". Principal Investigator: Matthew D. Shapiro (Professor of Economics and Research Professor, Survey Research Center); Senior Personnel:Eytan Adar (Assistant Professor of Information and Assistant Professor of Electric Engineering and Computer Science), John Bound (Professor of Economics), Charles Brown (Professor of Economics and Research Professor, Survey Research Center), Daniel G. Brown (Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment), Michael J. Cafarella (Assistant Professor of Computer Science), Sheldon H. Danziger (Professor of Public Policy), Vicki A. Freedman (Research Professor, Survey Research Center), Pamela Giustinelli (Faculty Research Fellow, Survey Research Center), James Lepkowski (Research Professor, Professor of Biostatistics), Margaret Levenstein (Research Scientist, Survey Research Center), Qiaozhu Mei (Assistant Professor of Computer Science), Lisa J. Neidert (Senior Research Associate), Lauren Hersch Nicholas (Faculty Research Fellow), H. Luke Shaefer (Assistant Professor of Social Work), Melvin Stephens Jr. (Associate Professor of Economics), Kenneth M. Sylvester (Research Associate Professor).
5. University of Missouri at Columbia. "Improving the Interpretability and Usability of the American Community Survey through Hierarchical Multiscale Spatio–Temporal Statistical Models". Principal Investigator: Scott H. Holan (Associate Professor of Statistics); Senior Personnel: Noel A. Cressie (Distinguished Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia and Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri), Christopher K. Wikle (Professor of Statistics).
6. University of Nebraska at Lincoln. "Reducing Error in Computerized Survey Data Collection". Principal Investigator: Allan L. McCutcheon (Professor of Survey Research and Methodology; Senior Scientist, The Gallup Organization); Senior Personnel:Robert F. Belli (Professor of Psychology), Don A. Dillman (Professor of Sociology and of Community and Rural Sociology, Washington State University), Kristen M. Olson (Assistant Professor of Survey Research and Methodology and of Sociology), Jolene D. Smyth (Assistant Professor of Survey Research and Methodology and of Sociology), Leen–Kiat Soh (Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering).
Small Nodes
7. Northwestern University. "Census Bureau Data Programs as Statistical Decision Problems". Principal Investigator: Bruce D. Spencer (Professor of Statistics); Senior Personnel: Charles F. Manski (Professor of Economics).
8. University of Colorado at Boulder. "Improving the Connection between the Spatial and the Survey Sciences". Principal Investigator: Seth E. Spielman (Assistant Professor of Geography); Senior Personnel: Nicholas N. Nagle (Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee–Knoxville).
NSF is not accepting proposals for the NCRN solicitation and there are no plans at this time for a future competition. Any changes in status will be reflected on the NSF NCRN web site.
Nancy Bates
US Census Bureau
nancy.a.bates@census.gov
301.763.5248
Cheryl L. Eavey, Ph.D.
National Science Foundation
ceavey@nsf.gov
703.292.7269
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