Tip Sheet (TP25-07)
Upcoming
2025 Product Calendar — The U.S. Census Bureau has posted anticipated release dates for each regular and recurring statistical product scheduled for release in 2025. These products are listed in the Census Bureau’s online product calendar, which is updated as needed throughout the year.
American Community Survey
Census Bureau to Release Report Examining Geographic Mobility in the United States by Birth Cohorts or Generations — Geographic mobility refers to the movement of people within and across geographic boundaries. Birth cohorts are groups of people born during a specific time frame who pass through life together. This report is based on 2005-2023 American Community Survey 1-year estimates. (Scheduled for release in April.)
Demographic
Census Bureau Releases New U.S. Population Estimates by Age and Sex — The Census Bureau is set to release a downloadable file containing estimates of the nation’s resident population by sex and single year of age as of July 1, 2024. In the coming months, the Census Bureau will release additional population estimates for cities and towns, as well as population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin for the nation, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, and counties. (Scheduled for release April 10.)
Household Pulse Survey — The experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS) is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to measure how emergent issues are impacting U.S. households from a social and economic perspective.
The Census Bureau has changed the HPS to enhance efficiency and representativeness of the data. Since early October 2024, HPS content has been incorporated into a longitudinal design, with data collection occurring bi-monthly. The longitudinal design will benefit HPS data by allowing direct measurement of change over a longer period in critical elements like spending, inflation, and other social and economic indicators of well-being. The October public-use file was released Dec. 18, 2024; the December 2024 public-use file will be released in February 2025. With the change to a longitudinal design, the sample size is smaller and data will be released at a national level.
To acknowledge these design changes, the Census Bureau rebranded the HPS as the Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS) in January 2025.
Economic
2024 Annual Integrated Economic Survey Data Collection has Begun — The Census Bureau recently began collecting data for the 2024 Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES). The AIES provides key measures of economic activity, including the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues, expenses and assets on an annual basis. Businesses are asked to respond by April 15, 2025. The first AIES data are scheduled to be released beginning this summer. (April 2025.)
2024 Annual Survey on State Government Tax Collections — The Census Bureau is scheduled to release new data tables that present the details on tax collections by type of tax imposed and collected by state governments. These data cover five broad tax categories and up to 25 tax subcategories. (Scheduled for release April 15.)
Unlocking Economic Opportunities: A Comprehensive Overview of U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Programs — The Census Bureau serves as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people, places and economy. Join our webinar for an overview of business data essential to decision makers and researchers. Find out how to access these resources; explore different data tools; and engage with our analysts to get answers to your questions. This session is a prequel to the Exploring Census Data webinar series that highlights statistics from economic and demographic programs. (Scheduled for April 16.)
2022 Economic Census – Establishment and Firm Size Update — The Census Bureau will release detailed industry statistics on the size of establishments and firms of employer businesses from the 2022 Economic Census. The release will include seven tables providing data by revenue size and employment size of establishments and firms for all sectors, including statistics on single unit and multiunit firms, concentration of the largest firms, legal form of organization, number of establishments, number of firms, sales, annual payroll, number of employees, operating expenses and inventories. (Scheduled for release April 24.)
Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) — The BTOS measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. The BTOS experimental data products are representative of all employer businesses in the U.S. economy, excluding farms. 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 April 10 and will include March 2025 data. Business Formation Statistics - Release Schedule (census.gov).
Recently Released
(Released since March 21, 2025)
American Community Survey
2023 Median Earnings by Sex and Occupation Tables Now Available — March 27 — The Census Bureau released a downloadable file containing estimates for full-time, year-round workers and median earnings by sex and occupation from the 2023 American Community Survey 1-year estimates. This table is the latest in an annual series that compiles the number of worker and median earnings data for men and women by detailed occupation. The table also provides the ratio of women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s and the percentage of women in each occupation group.
Economic
Business Dynamic Statistics-Human Capital — April 3 — The Census Bureau released Business Dynamic Statistics-Human Capital (BDS-HC) tables that show the relationship between business dynamics and workforce composition for nearly all non-farm employer businesses in the United States from 2006 to 2022. Each table reports all economic outcomes covered by the core BDS product, including establishment openings and closings, firm startups and shutdowns, and job creation and destruction, for different groups of firms based on their workforce composition. Separate tables are available based on the share of a firm’s workforce that belongs to each category within six demographic characteristics: age, sex, race, ethnicity, nativity, and education. Tables also provide statistics broken out by the interaction between workforce composition and business characteristics, such as the establishment’s industrial sector and state and the firm’s size and age.
Business Dynamics Statistics of Patenting Firms — April 3 — The Census Bureau released Business Dynamics Statistics-Patenting Firms (BDS-PF) tables that provides the stock and flow of firms, establishments, and employment for firms with and without a recent patent grant by firm and establishment characteristics including size, age, geography, and sector. The annual statistics are available for 1978-2022. The BDS-PF are a component of a broader initiative aimed at improving the measurement of the business dynamics of innovative firms in the United States.
Census Business Builder Version 5.9 — March 31 — The Census Bureau released version 5.9 of the Census Business Builder (CBB) tool. This included new data items for the Building Permits Survey (BPS), a new Consumer Spending data item, and the basemap update for the Gulf of America. This release also feature new enhancements, including the ability to search for Prebuilt Regions directly from the region search box, swap Primary and Secondary map variables within the dashboard, metadata updates, as well as fixes for previously known issues. More information on Census Business Builder is available online.
2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances — March 27 — The Census Bureau released data on the Annual Survey of State Government Finances summarizing state government finances in fiscal year 2023. Tables include data for each state, along with detailed information on revenue sources, spending and debt. Federal, state and local governments and educational and research organizations use the data for comparative studies and other activities like developing the government component of the gross domestic product.
2024 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll — March 27 — The Census Bureau released a new summary report and data tables for the 2024 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. These statistics provide a comprehensive look at the employment of the nation’s state and local governments and gross monthly payroll for March 2024. Federal, state and local governments, and education and research organizations use public employment and payroll data for comparative studies and activities such as development of the government component of the gross domestic product (GDP). Revised tables for 2022 and 2023 were released along with the new 2024 data.
2022 E-Stats Report — March 25 — The Census Bureau recently released the E-Commerce Activity Across Sectors: 2021 and 2022 data visualization that summarizes 2022 e-commerce statistics on shipments, sales and revenues from four sectors of the economy: manufacturing, wholesale, services and retail. These statistics are available for the nation from 1998.
The estimates in this data visualization are based on data collected from separate surveys: the 2022 Economic Census-Manufacturing, the 2021 Annual Survey of Manufactures, the 2022 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, the 2022 Service Annual Survey, and the 2022 Annual Retail Trade Survey. E-commerce estimates are presented in this data visualization to provide a broad perspective of activity across several sectors.
Facts for Features
Women’s History Month: March 2025 — March 31 — The roots of National Women’s History Month go back to March 8, 1857, when women from various New York City factories staged a protest over poor working conditions. The first Women’s Day celebration in the United States was in 1909, also in New York City, but Congress did not establish National Women’s History Week until 1981 to be commemorated annually the second week of March. In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a month. We celebrate their contributions to our nation with a host of demographic and economic statistical information.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: May 2025 — March 19 — This month-long observance of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders started more than 25 years ago. We celebrate their growing contributions to our nation with a host of demographic and economic statistical information about the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage.
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.
What Sources of Income Do People Rely On? (April 2)
Big Improvements to the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) (March 26)
Stats for Stories
Stats for Stories provides links to timely story ideas highlighting the U.S. 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.
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 U.S. Census Bureau’s 130-plus 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:
Atlanta
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
All Surveys
Data Tools
Below are a few of the U.S. Census Bureau’s interactive applications used to access statistics from our 130-plus annual surveys. A complete list can be accessed on the Census Bureau’s Data Tools and Apps webpage.
2020 Census Tract Identifier — This application was developed to allow individuals and businesses to determine their census tracts according to census tract boundaries as of 2020.
Housing Unit Change Viewer: 2020 to 2024 — This map application includes three maps depicting the change in the number of housing units from the 2020 Census to November 2024.
LED Extraction Tool — Provides easy access to the raw data products produced by the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program.
Training Opportunities
Census Bureau Training Opportunities — Webinars are available on a regular basis to help the public access and use U.S. Census Bureau statistics. These free sessions, which are 60 to 90 minutes each, show users how to navigate Census Bureau databases and mapping tools and find demographic and economic statistics at the local or national level. Descriptions of upcoming sessions are available on our Census Academy webpage. Login details are provided at least one week before a webinar.
Using Census Business Builder to Find New Markets and Opportunities (Thursday, April 10, 2-3 p.m. ET)
A Comprehensive Overview of U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Programs (Wednesday, April 16, 2-3 p.m. ET)
Explore How a Question Becomes Part of the American Community Survey (Wednesday, April 23, 2-3 p.m. ET) (Thursday, April 24, 2-3 p.m. ET)
Mastering Economic Data Searches on data.census.gov (Thursday, April 24, 2-3 p.m. ET)
Building a Better Business Plan Using Free Census Data (Tuesday, May 6, 2-3 p.m. ET)
Archived Training Resources — Visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s Educational Resource Library for previously recorded, free training available at your convenience. The library includes presentations, recorded webinars, tutorials and other helpful materials.
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