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.

💼🚗 Average one-way commuting time among those who traveled to a workplace increased by almost one minute from 25.6 minutes in 2021 to 26.4 minutes in 2022, still well short of its historic high of 27.6 minutes in 2019.

Learn more about changes in the way people travel to work since the onset of the pandemic in our brief.

Coming next week: Vintage 2023 estimates of total population and components of change for U.S. counties and total population for metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, and Puerto Rico municipios.

In his new blog, Deputy Director Dr. Ron Jarmin reflects on the Census Bureau's transformation efforts over the last year and our ongoing work to keep up with technology and emerging socioeconomic trends.

StatVentures, a Census Open Innovation Labs initiative, invites you to compete in our Address Geolocation Challenge.

Propose new ways to produce more complete, accurate, timely, and granular data on the locations of residential addresses in the United States, with a chance to win funding and compete in Phase 2.

In case you missed it: Nationally, 20.6% of people were found to be highly vulnerable to disasters in 2022. In counties where income inequality was at or above the national average, 23.4% were highly vulnerable.

Read more about our Community Resilience Estimates Equity Supplement and what the latest findings show on America Counts.

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Nearly 327,000 people in the United States experiencing homelessness lived in shelters, a small proportion (0.1%) of the U.S. population from 2018 to 2022 but higher than from 2013 to 2017, according to ACS data.

Learn about the people who stay in shelters, the sheltered population by state, and more on America Counts.

SIPP Data

20.7% of households with children received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in 2021, compared to 11.4% of households without children.

Check out more Census Bureau data on SNAP.

🔍 Looking for information on our programs and surveys?

Check out our informational one-pagers where we address some of the most frequently asked questions to better assist you with your data needs.

Thank you to Census Bureau employees nationwide for your dedication and commitment to our mission. 👏

In celebration of Employee Appreciation Day on March 1, learn more about our nation's workforce with Census Bureau data.

Statistics in Schools: Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday

Did you know, during the 1900 Census, the Census Bureau hired Alexander Graham Bell – inventor of the telephone – to write a report on the deaf and blind?

Learn more about Bell and his revolutionary invention with our Statistics in Schools activity. Use Census Bureau data to explore the evolution of the telephone over time.

Before you start your Census Bureau data search on data.census.gov, discover what data are available with our Data Availability Chart.

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