Here's a quick note on what's coming up to keep you up to date as we begin the month of April.





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?? The Week Ahead: Census Business Builder

Our Census Business Builder has been updated to version 5.1. [ [link removed] ]

Version 5.1 of the Census Business Builder tool for small business owners, chambers of commerce, and other users is live.

The updated data tool features data updates, increased Section 508 compliance, mobile optimization across all devices and tablets, and more.

*Census Business Builder* [ [link removed] ]




You May Be Interested In

*Data Tools: Census Business Builder, Version 5.1 [ [link removed] ]*

*America Counts: New and Improved Census Business Builder Version 5.1 [ [link removed] ]*

*Data Gem: Locate and Analyze Your Customers and Market with Census Business Builder [ [link removed] ]*

*Data Tools: **Census Business Builder v5.1 overview [ [link removed] ]*



*Stats for Stories and More*

*Today, April 3*, is the *Men’s College Basketball Final Four* [ [link removed] ]. In case you missed them, play our *women's [ [link removed] ]* and *men's [ [link removed] ]* population bracketology basketball game. Both of these are interactive visualizations that take closers look at the populations of college towns and cities in the respective college basketball tournaments.

In *April*, we also mark *Community College Month [ [link removed] ]*.

Learn about upcoming observances and celebrations with Stats for Stories.

*Stats for Stories* [ [link removed] ]




Percent Change in County Population: July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022 [ [link removed] ]

Growth in the nation’s largest counties rebounds in 2022 with migration and growth patterns edging closer to pre-pandemic levels.

Whitman County, Washington, was the fastest-growing county between 2021 and 2022. In fact, all 10 of the top fastest-growing counties were in the South or West.

Explore more highlights.

*Population Estimates* [ [link removed] ]

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Related Content

*Press Kit: Vintage 2022 County Total Population and Components of Change Estimates; and Vintage 2022 Puerto Rico Municipio Total Population Estimates [ [link removed] ]*



Director's Blog: How We’re Continuing to Engage with Everyone in 2023

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos speaks at the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute Conference in Chicago. [ [link removed] ]

External engagement is a priority. Here’s what’s going on this first quarter of 2023! The Census Bureau values your diverse perspectives and needs your collaboration. We serve you by producing the most accurate and relevant statistics.

*Director's Blog* [ [link removed] ]




Census Data for Resiliency: Helping Communities Prepare, Respond and Recover

Deputy Director Ron Jarmin writes about how the Census Bureau can assist federal and local partners with emergency preparedness with statistical data or operational expertise using data tools, partnership with other government agencies, and collaboration.

*Random Samplings Blog* [ [link removed] ]




Census Bureau Invites Public Input on Proposed Disclosure Avoidance Measures for the County Business Patterns Program

Census Bureau Invites Public Input on Proposed Disclosure Avoidance Measures for the County Business Patterns Program
The U.S. Census Bureau published a Federal Register Notice inviting the public to review and submit feedback on proposed modernized disclosure avoidance methods for 2022 County Business Patterns (CBP) data. The 60-day comment period will close June 2.

On Thursday, April 20, the Census Bureau will host a webinar for the public about its disclosure avoidance methods and how they apply to CBP data.

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OnTheMap Update and 2020 LODES Data

The Census Bureau will release an updated version of its *Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) [ [link removed] ]* data product on Tuesday, April 4. The 8.0 version of LODES will add data for 2020 and will recast all historical LODES years into 2020 census blocks. The *OnTheMap [ [link removed] ]* application will be updated to include these new LODES tabulations that will contain 19 years of data, from 2002 to 2020.

*Explore* [ [link removed] ]




New 2021 Journey to Work Report

On Thursday, April 6, the Census Bureau will release a new report, Home-Based Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic, that describes trends in working from home during 2019 and 2021. The report uses data from the 2019 and 2021 American Community Survey one-year estimates to describe sociodemographic, occupational and geographic patterns associated with working from home during the year before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the first full year after the pandemic’s onset.

*Journey to Work* [ [link removed] ]






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?? Upcoming Census Academy Webinars

Census Academy: Back to Data Basics Webinar Series [ [link removed] ]



* *April 6: The 2010 Demonstration Data Products Suite – Redistricting Data and DHC [ [link removed] ]*
* *April 13: Planning to Expand - It's All in the Tools Webinar Series [ [link removed] ]*
* *April 19: Getting Started with American Community Survey’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Data [ [link removed] ]*
* [ [link removed] ]*April 20: Exploring Census Data: Using Census Data to Guide Business Decisions [ [link removed] ]*
* [ [link removed] ]*April 20: Researching Formal Privacy for the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns Program [ [link removed] ]*
* *April 26: Using data.census.gov to Explore Race & Ethnicity Data [ [link removed] ]*
* [ [link removed] ]*April 27: Where are the Kids? Explore Data for Children 18 Years and Under - It's All in the Tools Webinar Series [ [link removed] ]*
* *May 11: Statistics in Schools: An Overview [ [link removed] ]*
* [ [link removed] ]*May 25: Disability Data Through a Different Perspective [ [link removed] ]*
* [ [link removed] ]*May 25: Exploring Census Data: Emergency Management [ [link removed] ]*

*More Upcoming Webinars* [ [link removed] ]




?? Releases This Week

*Monday: Construction Spending (Construction Put in Place) [ [link removed] ]*

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*Tuesday: Full Report - Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders [ [link removed] ]*

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*Wednesday: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services [ [link removed] ]*



*See Economic Indicators* [ [link removed] ]






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