📍 The Week Ahead: 2017-2021 American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates
Note: This newsletter includes updated geographies for the upcoming American Community Survey release. The updated geographies appear below in bold.
🌎Updated Geographies
The five-year estimates, set to be released Dec. 8 by 10 a.m. EST, will be available for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district, and all counties, places, census tracts, ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and block groups.
The ACS provides a wide range of statistics about the nation’s people and housing such as language spoken at home, education, commuting, employment, mortgage status and rent, income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. It is the only source of local estimates for most of the 40-plus topics it covers.
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 📌 More Observances
Tuesday, December 6, marks National Miners Day.
Wednesday, December 7, is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Also in December, we celebrate the 2022 Holiday Season.
Learn about upcoming observances and celebrations with Stats for Stories.
Join Chuck Brady, Kari Klinedinst and Lynda Lee as they provide an overview about the most comprehensive measure of the U.S. economy, the 2022 Economic Census. Every five years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts the economic census, which provides industry statistics at the national, state, and local levels. Its data products provide the foundation for other key measures of economic performance. The 2022 Economic Census will be conducted beginning in January 2023.
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The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced the release of Census Business Builder version 5.0, which combines the Regional Analyst Edition and the Small Business Edition into a single, convenient tool. The newly combined platform has a fresh look and feel with optimized dashboard queries, links that take users directly to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) information, and simplified industry selection lists.
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new summary tables for the 2021 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS). The RHFS provides measures of financial, mortgage and property characteristics of U.S. residential properties with at least one housing rental unit. It is the only data source that provides a comprehensive picture of mortgage financing for all types of rental properties.
On November 29, the Census Bureau released new data from phase 3.6 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to provide near real-time data on how the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in social and economic conditions are affecting people’s lives to inform federal and state response and recovery planning.
🎂 Happy Birthday, Delaware!
On Wednesday, December 7, we will celebrate Delaware's 235th anniversary of statehood.
🔎 Did you know? Delaware is the 49th largest state by area and was the first state to join the Union.
🌺 The state flower is the Peach Blossom.
The state nickname is the First State.
🌃 The largest city is Wilmington.
🎂 Happy Birthday, Mississippi!
On Saturday, December 10, we will celebrate Mississippi's 205th anniversary of statehood.
 🔎 Did you know? Mississippi is the 31st largest state by area and was the 20th state to join the Union.
The state bird is the Mockingbird.
🌺 The state nickname is the Magnolia State.
🌇 The largest city is Jackson.
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