The U.S. Census Bureau developed this inventory of content as required by Section 207(f)(2) of the E-Government Act of 2002. This inventory is intended to be comprehensive.

This document was posted December 1, 2005 and will be updated as required by the E-Government Act of 2002. Last revised October 31, 2014.

For more information about the content inventory and the E-Gov Act, please visit these links:

Categories of Information Disseminated by the Census Bureau

Column 1 lists the categories of information the Census Bureau disseminates.
Column 2 indicates the priority the Census Bureau assigns to publication of each category.
- Priority 1: required by law, regulation, Presidential directive, or other official directive or to ensure national security
- Priority 2: mission-critical and essential for program operations, but not required by law, regulation, or Presidential directive (that is, information or services that are directly tied to an agency’s mission and/or strategic plan)
- Priority 3: frequently requested information or services that would improve business processes and/or customer service to the public (for example, most commonly used forms, documents, applications, transactions, etc.).
- Priority 4: other information
Column 3 indicates the publication schedule for the category

Category	Priority	Release Schedule
2000 Census data	1	Decennially
2010 Census data	1	Decennially
Academic Libraries Survey	1	Biennially
Advance Report on Durable Goods-Manufacturers’ Shipments and Orders (M3)	1	Monthly
Advanced Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS)	1	Monthly
American Community Survey	1	Annually
American Housing Survey	1	Biennially
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)	1	Annually
Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)	1	Annually
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)	1	Annually
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)	1	Annually
Business Expenses Supplement	1	Quinnquennially
Census of Governments	1	Quinnquennially
Commodity Flow Survey Series	1	Quinnquennially
Construction Put in Place	1	Monthly
Construction Spending	1	Monthly
Directory Survey of Local Governments	1	Quinnquennially
Economic Census	1	Quinnquennially
Economic Census of Island Areas	1	Quinnquennially
Enterprise Statistics Program	1	Periodically
Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC)	1	Daily
Governments Integrated Directory	1	Quinnquennially
Information and Communication Technology Survey (ICTS)	1	Annually
International Trade in Goods and Services	1	Monthly
La Encuesta sobre la Comunidad Estadounidense	1	Annually
Local Government School System Finance Survey	1	Quinnquennially
Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS)	1	Monthly
Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories and Orders (M3)	1	Monthly
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales (MTIS)	1	Monthly
Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS)	1	Monthly
Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS)	1	Monthly
New Residential Construction	1	Monthly
New Residential Sales	1	Monthly
Nonresidential Construction Put in Place Geographic Series	1	Annual
Population and Housing Census	1	Decennially
Population Estimates	1	Annually
Preliminary Steel Release	1	Monthly
Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies	1	Monthly
Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)	1	Quarterly
Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)	1	Quarterly
Residential Finance Survey (RFS)	1	Decennially
Service Annual Survey (SAS)	1	Annually
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (school district)	1	Annual
State Government Tax Collectors Survey	1	Annually
State Level Agencies Survey	1	Annually
State Library Agencies Survey	1	Annually
Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons (SBO)	1	Quinnquennially
Survey of Business Owners Series	1	Quinnquennially
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services - Annual Revision	1	Annually
American Time Use Survey (ATUS)	2	Annually
Annual Survey of Local Government Finances	2	Annually
Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll (APES)	2	Annually
Annual Survey of Public Pensions	2	Annually
Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances	2	Annually
Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC)	2	Annually
Building Permits Final Annual State & Local Estimates	2	Annually
Building Permits Revised Data with State & Local Estimates	2	Monthly
Building Permits Final Annual State & Local Estimates	2	Annually
Building Permits Revised Data with State & Local Estimates	2	Monthly
Business and Professional Classification Survey (SQ-CLASS)	2	Quarterly
Business Dynamics Statistics	2	Annually
Business Research Development and Innovation Survey (BRDIS)	2	Annually
Construction Put in Place Final Annual Data	2	Annual
Construction Put in Place Length of Time	2	Annual
Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey	2	Annually
Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Survey	2	Quarterly
Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE)	2	Annually
County Business Patterns (CBP)	2	Annually
Current Population Survey (CPS)	2	Monthly, Annually
E-commerce multi-sector E-Stats Report	2	Annually
Exports from Manufacturing Establishments	2	Annually
Finances of Public Employee Retirement Systems	2	Quarterly
Geographic Area Series	2	Periodically
Governments Master Address File	2	Periodically
HIV/AIDS Database	2	Annually
Housing Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design	2	Quarterly
Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS)	2	Quarterly, Annually
Identity Theft Supplement	2	Biennially
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage: YYYY (P60)	2	Annual (August)
International Database of Population Estimates and Projections (IDB)	2	Annually
Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS)	2	Periodically
Manufactured Housing Annual Supplements	2	Annual
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO)	2	Annually
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)	2	Periodically
Market Absorption of New Multifamily Units	2	Quarterly
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)	2	Annually
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)	2	Annually
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)	2	Annually
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS	2	Annually
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)	2	Annually
National Household Education Survey (NHES)	2	Biennially
National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG)	2	Biennially
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation (FHWAR)	2	Quinnquennially
National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)	2	Biennially
New Homes Sold by Price and Financing	2	Quarterly
New Housing Characteristics	2	Annual
New York City Housing Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS)	2	Triennially
Nonemployer Statistics	2	Annually
Police Public Contact Survey (PPCS)	2	Triennially
Population Projections	2	Biennially
Preliminary Profile of Exporting Companies	2	Annually
Price Index of New Homes Sold	2	Quarterly
Price Indexes of New Homes Under Construction	2	Monthly
Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS)	2	Biennially
Private School Universe Survey (PSS)	2	Biennially
Public School System Finances	2	Annually
Puerto Rico Community Survey	2	Annually
Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales	2	Quarterly
Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue (QTAX)	2	Quarterly
Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (QPC)	2	Quarterly
Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions	2	Quarterly
Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)	2	Quarterly
Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)	2	Biennial
Report of Organization (COS)	2	Annually
Research and Development Link Program	2	Annually
Residential Construction Length of Time	2	Annually
School Crime Supplement (SCS)	2	Biennially
School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)	2	Biennially
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates	2	Annually
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (state & county)	2	Annual
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	2	Annually
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)	2	Every 4 years
Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Units (SOMA)	2	Quarterly, Annually
Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS)	2	Biennially
Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (TPOPS)	2	Periodically
U.S. Profile of Importing and Exporting Companies	2	Annually
ZIP Code Business Patterns	2	Annually
Alternative Income Estimates in the U.S.: YYYY (P60)	3	Annually
Alternative Poverty Estimates in the U.S.: YYYY (P60)	3	Annually
Related Party Trade	3	Annually
SOMA - Quarterly Report (H130)	3	Quarterly
One-time reports and publications based on demographic data, dealing with income, poverty, health insurance, etc.	4	As available, unless otherwise required by law

Page Last Revised - December 16, 2021

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