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Online Product Calendar — The U.S. Census Bureau provides anticipated release dates for its regular and recurring statistical products through its online product calendar. This calendar is regularly updated to reflect the most current information.
American Community Survey
2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates — The 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates are scheduled to be released September 11. These data will be available for the nation, states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, congressional districts, metropolitan areas, counties, places and other geographic areas with a population of 65,000 or more. These estimates include topics such as language spoken at home, educational attainment, commute to work, employment, mortgage status and rent, income, poverty and health insurance coverage. The Census Bureau is set to hold a webinar Thursday, September 4, at 1 p.m. ET, explaining how to access data and online resources related to this release. Embargo subscribers can access these statistics beginning at 10 a.m. ET, Tuesday, September 9. (Scheduled for release at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, September 11.)
Demographic
New Report about Custodial Parents and Child Support — This new report, “Custodial Parents and their Child Support: 2022,” provides an overview of the social and economic characteristics of custodial parents and their children in 2022 using data from the 2023 Current Population Survey’s Child Support Supplement (CPS-CSS). Both the child support received and the types of formal and informal child support arrangements used by families are analyzed. Support amounts and types of noncash support provided by the noncustodial parent are also described. (Scheduled for release August 12.)
Census Bureau Releases New Educational Attainment Data — The Census Bureau is scheduled to release the Educational Attainment in the United States: 2024 table package examining the education level of adults age 18 and older by age, sex, race, nativity and other demographic and social characteristics. Data are based on statistics from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement. (Tentatively scheduled for release August 14.)
Income in the United States: 2024 — The Census Bureau will announce the nation’s annual estimates on income, earnings and inequality to evaluate national economic trends and to understand their effect on the well-being of households and individuals. These estimates are based on the 2025 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). (Scheduled for release September 9.)
Health Insurance in the United States: 2024 — The Census Bureau will announce the nation’s annual health insurance coverage estimates. These estimates, based on the 2025 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), highlight comparisons between 2023 and 2024 data and examine characteristics by health insurance status to better understand the well-being of individuals. (Scheduled for release September 9.)
Poverty in the United States: 2024 — The Census Bureau will announce the nation’s official poverty and Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) estimates to help understand the economic well-being of households, families and individuals. These estimates are based on the 2025 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). (Scheduled for release September 9.)
Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey — The Census Bureau has expanded data collection for the experimental Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS) to 30,000 households. This expanded sample size will allow for data to be released at a subnational level. Launched in January, the HTOPS is a successor to the Household Pulse Survey (HPS). HTOPS will continue the strong tradition of the HPS by providing rapid insights into national events that have socioeconomic impacts on U.S. households.
Economic
Extract, Analyze and Visualize LODES From the LED Extraction Tool — The Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute welcome Heath Hayward and Raza Lamb as they present,” Extract, Analyze, and Visualize LODES from the LED Extraction Tool.” The LED Extraction Tool provides easy access to the raw data products produced through the LED Partnership and a recent release of the tool now includes access to LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES). This presentation highlights the process for querying LODES via the LED Extraction Tool along with easy ways to use open-source programming languages (Python and R) to access, analyze and visualize outputs from the tool. (Scheduled for August 27.)
2025 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Hybrid Workshop — Join us for our 2025 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Hybrid Workshop featuring plenary sessions highlighting the work of our state Labor Market Information (LMI) partners and other data users. The LED Partnership is the foundational component of the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program. This year’s keynote speaker is Sarah H. Bana, assistant professor of management science at Chapman University and a digital fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Bana's research explores how new technologies and data reshape the skills and activities of workers and firms. Visit our 2025 Workshop page for links to register. An agenda will be posted in the coming weeks. In-person attendance is limited to D.C. Metro area federal and state partners. For information on previous workshops visit LEHD workshops and webinars. Direct any additional questions about the workshop to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. (Scheduled for September 3-4.)
Business Trends and Outlook Survey — The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. BTOS experimental data products are representative of all employer businesses other than farms in the U.S. economy. The data allow greater insight into the state of the economy by providing continuous, timely information for key economic measures. Data are released biweekly and are available by sector, state, employment size and the 25 most populous metropolitan statistical areas.
Monthly Business Formation Statistics — Business Formation Statistics (BFS) provide timely, high-frequency data on business applications and employer business formations monthly. The data are available at the state, regional and national levels, and by industry sector at the national level. The next monthly BFS will be released August 13, and will include July 2025 data. Business Formation Statistics - Release Schedule (census.gov).
Federal Register Notices
The Census Bureau publishes updates in the Federal Register to keep the public informed about surveys, censuses and related activities. Some notices include a comment period during which the public can provide feedback. For more information on Census Bureau Federal Register notices (FRNs), check out Collections of Information and Federal Register Notices.
Current FRNs include:
Recently Released
(Released since July 25, 2025)
New Geographic Reference Files for 2025 — August 8 — The U.S. Census Bureau released Geographic Reference Files (GRFs), which are state-based, pipe-delimited text files, which makes them easy to import into many systems and integrate with other state level data sets. These text files provide census block-level codes for entities within the MAF/TIGER System for 2025.
New TIGER/Line Geodatabases for 2025 — August 4 — The U.S. Census Bureau released 2025 TIGER/Line Geodatabases, spatial extracts from the Census Bureau’s Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System for use with geographic information systems (GIS) software. The 2025 vintage includes the metro and micro areas, combined statistical areas, and metropolitan divisions.
Demographic
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates — July 31 — The U.S. Census Bureau released new data from the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) Program, the only source of single-year estimates of the number of people with and without health insurance coverage in each of the nation’s 3,143 counties. County statistics are available by sex and age groups and at income levels that reflect thresholds for state and federal assistance programs such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid eligibility. State estimates also include health insurance coverage by race and Hispanic origin.
Economic
Annual Integrated Economic Survey to Release First Look Data — July 31 — The U.S. Census Bureau released preliminary data from one of its newest surveys, the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES). The AIES, which replaces and integrates seven annual business surveys into a single survey, provides the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues, expenses and assets on an annual basis.
2023 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances — July 31 — The U.S. Census Bureau released data from the 2023 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. These data show revenues, expenditures and debt by level of government (state, local, and state and local combined). The statistics are organized by state. This release also includes revisions to 2022 data for the Census of Governments Finance component.
Ocean Economy Data for U.S. Territories — July 29 — The U.S. Census Bureau released County Business Patterns estimates of the Ocean Economy in the five U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Estimates are provided by nonstandard state- and county-equivalent geographies, comprised of selected coastal ZIP codes across each territory, and by the Economics: National Ocean Watch sectors, defined by the Office for Coastal Management at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
America Counts tells the stories behind the numbers in a new and inviting way. We feature stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, the economy, emergency preparedness and the population.
Most Young Adults Had Not Reached Key Milestones of Adulthood in 2024 (August 5)
Stats for Stories
Stats for Stories provides links to timely story ideas highlighting the Census Bureau’s newsworthy statistics that relate to current events, observances, holidays and anniversaries. The story ideas are intended to assist the media in story mining and producing content for their respective audiences.
Back to School: August 2025
Blogs
Bridging Data Gaps: How Cross-Survey Modeling Enhances Census Bureau Measures — August 5 — Written by: Chase Sawyer, Technical Lead for Modeled Data Product Development, Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division — Cross-survey modeling involves taking data from a content-rich survey with fewer respondents and applying them to a survey or data source with broader geographic coverage, which allows for estimates at lower levels of geography
The Census Bureau’s Business Ecosystem: How We’re Leveraging New Tools and Methods to Strengthen Our Statistics — August 4 — Written by: Ron S. Jarmin, Acting Director — On the surface, the job of a statistical agency like the U.S. Census Bureau is deceptively simple: gather some data, compute interesting statistics from that data, and release them to the public. Of course, it’s not that simple. The data you download from our website or API and the statistics you see cited in the media result from a complex set of interactions between people, software and systems. At the Census Bureau, we refer to the software and systems we use to gather, process and disseminate data as our Business Ecosystem (BE). In this blog, I want to update you on how we’re evolving the BE to better measure our dynamic population and economy.
Resources
Emergency Management/Disaster Resources — When major disasters strike, visit our Emergency Management webpage for demographic and economic data on impacted areas. Each disaster will include data from our key emergency management tools: OnTheMap for Emergency Management; Community Resilience Estimates; Census Business Builder: Regional Analyst Edition; and other useful resources.
Learn What Surveys Are Being Conducted in Your Community — Discover which of the Census Bureau’s annual surveys are being conducted in your community. In a variety of surveys and censuses, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America’s people, businesses, industries and institutions. Learn more about surveys currently being conducted in each Census Bureau region:
All Surveys
Data Tools
Below are a few of the Census Bureau’s interactive applications used to access statistics from our 130-plus annual surveys and programs. A complete list can be accessed on the Census Bureau’s | 