Census Bureau: 2019 American Housing Survey Data Now Available
Today the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development released new housing data from the 2019 American Housing Survey (AHS) through the AHS Table Creator. The interactive data tool allows users to create custom tables of housing and demographic estimates for the nation, nine states and 25 metropolitan areas. The biennial AHS is the nation’s…
Census Bureau: Operations to Count People Experiencing Homelessness Begins
The U.S. Census Bureau will begin the special operations to count people experiencing homelessness in communities across the country on Sept. 22. Specially trained census takers will count people Sept. 22-24 at shelters, soup kitchens and mobile food van stops in an operation called Service-Based Enumeration (SBE). Census takers will count people who live outdoors, in transit stations, and…
HUD and Census Bureau: New American Housing Survey Released
2019 survey provides pre-pandemic insights on home accessibility, food security, and housing costs According to the new 2019 American Housing Survey (AHS) released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of American renter households spending 30 percent or more of their income on housing…
Census Bureau: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States for 2019 Released
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that median household income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate decreased 1.3 percentage points. Meanwhile the percentage of people with health insurance coverage for all or part of 2019 was 92.0% and 8.0% of people, or 26.1 million, did not have health insurance at…
Census Bureau: Over 92 Percent of Households Counted So Far in 2020 Census
Over 92% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census as of today, with 26.6% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 65.9% of housing units responding online, by phone or by mail. Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau releases the 2020 Census housing unit completion rate for the nation,…
Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 2 Weekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began Aug. 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first phase of the survey, as well as…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 2 Biweekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment and closures, stay-at-home orders, school closures, changes in the…
Census Bureau: Over 88 Percent of Households Counted So Far in 2020 Census
Over 88% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census as of today, with 22.7% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 65.5% of housing units responding online, by phone or by mail. Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau releases the 2020 Census housing unit completion rate for the nation,…
Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 2 Weekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began Aug. 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first phase of the survey, as well as…
Census Bureau: Upcoming Webinar on Release of 2019 American Community Survey Statistics
What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar on Sept. 10 from 2-3 p.m. EDT in advance of the Sept. 17 release of the 2019 American Community Survey statistics. The webinar will show participants how to access new data and online resources from the 2019 American Community Survey. Attendees will also learn about changes related to this release,…