America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

Now That the Pandemic Emergency Has Ended, What?s Next?

The Biden administration announced lifting the national emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11. This changed the way the U.S. Census Bureau and some other federal government agencies respond to the nation?s data needs.

For example, the Census Bureau created the COVID Hub in the spring of 2020 to measure the pandemic?s impact on the U.S. population and businesses. It stopped updating data on the site in February 2023 and instead is encouraging people to use My Community Explorer (MCE), marking a shift in focus from COVID-19 to data equity.

Continue reading?to learn more about:?

• Census tools that have shifted focus
• Experimental data products?continuing in different forms

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