Demographics

Census Bureau: 2020 Census Response Rate Update – 99.98% Complete Nationwide

All States Top 99%, Self-Response Beats 2010 According to updated numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau today, 99.98% of all housing units and addresses nationwide were accounted for in the 2020 Census as of the end of self-response and field data collection operations on Oct. 15, 2020. In all states, the District of Columbia…

Census Bureau: 2020 Census Count 99.9 Percent Complete

As of Oct. 12, 2020, 99.9% of housing units have been accounted for so far in the 2020 Census, with 33.1% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 66.8% of housing units responding online, by phone or by mail. Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau releases the 2020 Census housing unit completion…

Census Bureau: Statement on 2020 Census Data Collection Ending

As of today, well over 99.9% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census. Self-response and field data collection operations for the 2020 Census will conclude on October 15, 2020. Specifically: Internet self-response will be available across the nation through October 15, 2020 through 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST), (through 5:59…

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: 2020 Census Count 99.7 Percent Complete

As of Oct. 5, 2020, 99.7% percent of housing units have been accounted for so far in the 2020 Census through either self-response or Nonresponse Followup. Final numbers indicate that in 2010 a little over 99.6 percent of households were counted this way. “This is a tremendous accomplishment, and the women and men of the…

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 95 Percent of Households Counted So Far in 2020 Census

Over 95% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census as of today, with 29.6% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 66.2% 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: American Community Survey State and Local Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics Released for 2019

Statistics for More Than 40 Demographic and Economic Topics Support Detailed Profiles of Communities Nationwide The U.S. Census Bureau today released a detailed look at America’s people, places and economy with statistics on income, poverty, health insurance, employment, families and more than 40 other topics from the American Community Survey (ACS). It is important to note that data for…

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…

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…