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Available APIs
County Business Patterns 1986-2020 & Nonemployer Statistics 1997-2019
Annual statistics on U.S. businesses with and without paid employees or payroll at detailed levels of geography and industry. Both surveys use NAICS codes.
Census Microdata API
The U.S. Census Bureau’s microdata is now available as a Census Bureau API.
American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2020)
Data available down to the block-group level. Covers a range of topics about social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics of the U.S. population.
News
Updates
Removal of Broken Survey of Business Owner 2012 Endpoint
The older legacy Survey of Business Owner 2012 endpoint for Company Statistics that has been broken has been removed.
Quarterly Workforce Indicators' Endpoints are Down
The U.S. Census Bureau encountered a processing issue with the R2021Q2 release of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI).
Quarterly Workforce Indicators Endpoint Restored
The Quarterly Workforce Indicators' endpoints have been restored.
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