HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for December 2023 Released
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for December 2023: New Home Sales Sales of new single‐family houses in December 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 664,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census…
Census Bureau: Posting of Public Comments on Proposed Changes to 2025 American Community Survey Begins
The U.S. Census Bureau has begun posting the public’s feedback on proposed changes to the 2025 American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) to regulations.gov. In October, the Census Bureau published a Federal Register notice inviting the public to comment on proposed changes to the survey covering several topics, including household roster, educational attainment, health…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 4.0 Begins
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the beginning of data collection for phase 4.0 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to measure how emergent issues are impacting U.S. households from a social and economic perspective. Topics for phase 4.0 include employment status,…
Census Bureau: Census Open Innovation Labs to Host Census Open Innovation Summit 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau is virtually hosting the annual Census Open Innovation Summit, a conference showcasing technology built with open data and highlighting government innovations, cross-sector collaboration and federal-community partnership. The event is led by the Census Bureau’s Census Open Innovation Labs (COIL), which has an office at the U.S. Census Bureau, with a portfolio of award-winning projects…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for November 2023 Released
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for November 2023: New Home Sales Sales of new single‐family houses in November 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census…
Census Bureau: Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts Data Released
The median estimated poverty rate of children ages 5 to 17 in U.S. school districts in 2022 was 13.9%, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The new data come from the 2022 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates(SAIPE), which provides the only single-year income and poverty statistics for the nation’s 3,143 counties…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for October 2023 Released
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for October 2023: New Home Sales Sales of new single‐family houses in October 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 679,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.10 Monthly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.10 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to inform federal and state response and recovery planning by providing near real-time data on the social and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Census Bureau: Virtual Workshop on Advancing Research on Race, Ethnicity and Inequality Scheduled
The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to hold a virtual workshop on Advancing Research on Race, Ethnicity and Inequality Nov. 14-15, 2023. This event will bring together new perspectives on how data resources can be better leveraged to both measure the dimensions of race and ethnicity within the U.S. population and to investigate how systemic inequalities by…
Census Bureau: New Data on Minority-Owned, Veteran-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new estimates on the characteristics of employer businesses. According to the 2022 Annual Business Survey (ABS), which covers reference year 2021, there were approximately 5.9 million employer firms in total, of which, 1.2 million (21%) were minority-owned, 304,823 (5.2%) were veteran-owned, and around 1.3 million (22%) were owned by women. This release also…