Here's What You May Have Missed on Social Media

We're bringing you some of the most popular, timely, and notable posts from across the Census Bureau’s social media channels. Check out what you may have missed.

In preparation for the 2030 Census, we reviewed and analyzed thousands of comments in response to our 2030 Census Federal Register Notice, which invited suggestions on ways to improve the way people respond to the once-a-decade population count.

Based on public feedback, we've identified new research projects for the 2030 Census research program.

Learn more about these projects.

Help us spread the word about the detailed 2020 Census data now available with our social media toolkit.

Find sample social media posts in English and Spanish, sharable graphics, and resource links all in one place.

▶️ Watch our video tutorial to learn how to download, export, and share 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A data tables on data.census.gov.

💎 Vea nuestro video Data Gem para aprender cómo obtener los datos de su vecindario con solo unos pocos clics usando nuestra función de mapas. Utilizando zonas censales, usted puede tener acceso a estadísticas demográficas, socioeconómicas y de vivienda sobre su comunidad.

For the first time ever, respondents to the 2020 Census who reported White as a race could write in more details.

Together, the English (46.6 million), German (45 million), and Irish (38.6 million) alone or in any combination populations made up over half of the White alone or in combination population in 2020.

Read more on America Counts.

2021 Business Dynamics Statistics are now available. Explore annual measures of business dynamics like job creation, firm startups and shutdowns, and more.

See our thread on Twitter/X for highlights from our BDS Explorer.

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On October 6, we began a weeklong celebration of the manufacturing sector’s importance and vast contribution to the nation’s economy.

Check out our Manufacturing Week homepage featuring manufacturing statistics and data products.

About 4 million U.S. households with an adult 65+ had difficulty living in or using some features of their home in 2019.

Read more on whether homes are prepared for an aging population.

Cannabis tax data reported for our Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue survey is now available.

Explore data for your state. 

On October 17, 2006, Census Bureau Director Charles Louis Kincannon announced that the U.S. population had reached 300 million.

Previous population milestones were 200 million in 1967, 100 million in 1920, and 50 million in 1880.

On October 5, 1978, the “72-Year Rule" became law.

This law restricts access to decennial census records to everyone except the individual named on the record or their legal heir for 72 years from the date of the census.

Explore which records are available. 

Our October We The Data series celebrates Halloween! 🎃

Check out our Halloween Facts for Features for Census Bureau data, and be sure to follow along this month as we share spooky statistics.

Computer Learning Month is here! 💻🧠

Learn about Census Bureau data tools that students can use to explore data on topics such as housing, population, age, and more with our teachers' guide. 

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