📅 This Week: Welcoming the New Year 🎉

Wishing you a happy New Year from all of us at the U.S. Census Bureau! 

As we prepare to ring in 2026, get a look at the size of the growing U.S. population with our Population Clock.

Quiz break: Which holiday-sounding place has a larger population?

🎅 Santa Claus, IN
🦌 Rudolph, WI

Discover the populations of our nation's holiday-sounding places along with more holiday related Census Bureau data in our Facts for Features article.

📊 Upcoming Data Releases

• January 22: 2024 Planning Database
• January 27: Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts
• January 27: Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
• January 29: 2024 Community Resilience Estimates

Upcoming Webinars

• January 20: Methodology Updates for the Vintage 2025 Estimates
• January 27: Essential Skills for Finding ACS Data on data.census.gov

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📌 In Case You Missed It

From families and housing to business and income, Census Bureau data show a changing nation in 2025.

Revisit key trends, research, and findings from the year on America Counts.

About a quarter (24%) of women who had their first child from 2020 to 2024 lived with an unmarried partner, up from around 17% in the early 1990s, according to Census Bureau data.

Explore more trends on first-time mothers' living arrangements on America Counts.

About the Census Bureau

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