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American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Release

2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates were released earlier in December.

Use new American Community Survey data and our interactive data visualization to explore where the foreign-born population lives in the United States and how this has changed over time at the national, state, and county level.

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• Press Kit: 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

About 39% of U.S. family households this year included the householder’s children under 18.

Learn more about family households, and explore our interactive data visualization that compares characteristics of family households – such as family size, family members under 18, and more – by the age of the householder.

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• News Release: Nearly Two-Thirds of U.S. Households are Family Households
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Use our data visualization to explore how increased home equity from 2019 to 2022 contributed to a hike in U.S. median household net worth.

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• America Counts: Rising Home Equity Boosted Household Wealth During Pandemic
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This visualization represents the joint efforts of the Census Bureau, the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, the USDA’s Economic Research Service, and our state partners to increase understanding of current SNAP program access and inform future SNAP program outreach.

The visualization uses American Community Survey data linked to state administrative records to model estimates of SNAP eligibility and access rates at the state and county levels.

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• Fact Sheet: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): 2022

Vintage 2024 Population Estimates

New population estimates show the U.S. population grew by nearly 1.0% between 2023 and 2024, the fastest annual population growth the nation has seen since 2001.

What's driving growth?

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: Release Highlights of 2023

The median estimated poverty rate of children ages 5 to 17 in U.S. school districts in 2023 was 13.4%, according to new Census Bureau data.

Explore more data highlights from our Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates—the only single-year income and poverty statistics for the nation’s 3,143 counties and 13,137 school districts.

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• News Release: Census Bureau Releases Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts
• Data Tables: Release Highlights of 2023

From 2021 to 2022, the number of nonemployer businesses in the U.S. – businesses with no paid employees – increased by 4.7%.

Explore economic data from the Census Bureau on nonemployer businesses with our interactive data visualization.

Airport Authorities and Air Transportation Finances

Did you know: There are 435 independent special districts operating as airport authorities, airport commissions, or port authorities across the United States.

Use our data visualization to explore each state’s air transportation revenue and expenditure data.

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• America Counts: Who Manages the Nation’s Airports?

This quick and easy activity has students examine a fun infographic which showcases population totals for festive-sounding places in the U.S. such as North Pole, Alaska and Rudolph, Wisconsin.

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