📊 Updates You May Have Missed

In 1994, we became one of the first government agencies to have a public website. Today, census.gov is a vital resource for Census Bureau data, data tools, survey information, digital training, and more.

Read Director Santos’ new blog to learn about the evolution of our website and the resources we offer.

Earlier this year, the Office of Management and Budget issued updated standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting race and ethnicity data across federal agencies.

In this new blog, we outline our plans for implementing the updated standards in the American Community Survey.

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• Press Kit: Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Race and Ethnicity Standards
• News Release: Census Bureau Statement on Updated Race and Ethnicity Standards

As Veterans Day was observed earlier this week, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of our nation's veterans.

Veterans owned about 5.4% or 304,823 of the nation’s 5,681,118 employer businesses with at least one paid employee in 2021, according to Census Bureau data.

Explore a profile of our nation's veteran-owned employer businesses on America Counts.

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• News Release: New Report on U.S. Veterans and Service-Connected Disabilities
• Data Visualization: Honoring Our Nation's Veterans
• Facts for Features: Veterans Day
• Statistics in Schools: Honoring Those Who Served

Track trends in population changes with our new 2010-2020 Intercensal Estimates.

Intercensal estimates are produced once every 10 years after the decennial census. They revise the prior decade’s estimates to align with the most current census.

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• News Release: Census Bureau Releases Intercensal Estimates of Total Population and Housing Units: 2010-2020

New Economic Census Bureau data from the 2022 Census of Governments was released in late October 2024.

Explore revenues, expenditures and debt by level of government (state, local, and state and local combined).

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• News Release: New Financial Data for the Census of Governments Now Available

About 7.1% of the nation’s 5,681,118 employer firms in the U.S. were Hispanic-owned in 2021.

Find out which sectors had the largest number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. and more.

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America Counts en español: Perfil de las empresas de propietarios hispanos en nuestro país

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