Data collection for Phase 3.10 of the Household Pulse Survey started on August 23, 2023, and is scheduled to continue until October 30, 2023. This latest version of the survey will continue with a two-weeks on, two-weeks off collection and dissemination approach.
The U.S. Census Bureau, in collaboration with multiple federal agencies, is in a unique position to produce data on the social and economic effects of coronavirus on American households. The Household Pulse Survey was designed to deploy quickly and efficiently, collecting data to measure household experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. It has evolved to include content on other emergent social and economic issues facing households. Data will be disseminated in near real-time to inform federal and state action.
Note: The COVID-19 Vaccination Tracker, which focused on the number of Americans receiving at least one-dose of a COVID-vaccine, has been discontinued following phase 3.2 of the HPS. Data users can continue to access an archived version from the HPS Research and Presentations webpage.
If you have been invited to participate in the survey, find more information here.
The Household Pulse Survey measures how the coronavirus pandemic and other emergent issues are impacting households across the country from a social and economic perspective.
The HPS also asks about core demographic household characteristics (including sexual orientation and gender identity), as well as the following topics:
The HPS continues to be a collaborative undertaking and is fielded in partnership with the following federal agencies:
The data collected will enable the Census Bureau to produce statistics at the national and state levels and for the 15 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (metro areas).
Data releases for Phase 3.10 of the survey are scheduled for September 20, October 11, and November 8, 2023.
Phase 1: April 23, 2020 - July 21, 2020
Phase 2: August 19, 2020 - October 26, 2020
Phase 3: October 28, 2020 - March 29, 2021
Phase 3.1: April 14, 2021 - July 5, 2021
Phase 3.2: July 21, 2021 – October 11, 2021
Phase 3.3: December 1, 2021 – February 7, 2022
Phase 3.4: March 2, 2022 – May 9, 2022
Phase 3.5: June 1, 2022 – August 8, 2022
Phase 3.6: September 14, 2022 – November 14, 2022
Phase 3.7: December 9, 2022 – February 13, 2023
Phase 3.8: March 1, 2023 – May 8, 2023
Phase 3.9: June 7, 2023 – August 7, 2023
The Census Bureau and its federal statistical partners are considered the preeminent source of the nation's most important benchmark surveys. Many of these surveys have been ongoing for more than 80 years and provide valuable insight on social and economic trends.
The production of these benchmark surveys is by nature a highly deliberative process. While COVID-19 questions were introduced into some of these surveys, many surveys have ceased to collect such data and the process to release the data from these surveys can take months, sometimes years, before data are made publicly available.
The approach for the Household Pulse Survey is different: it is designed to be a short-turnaround instrument that provides valuable data to aid in the pandemic recovery. The Census Bureau is fielding the Household Pulse Survey as a part of the agency’s Experimental Data Series; as such, data products may not meet some of the Census Bureau’s statistical quality standards. Data are subject to suppression based on overall response and disclosure avoidance thresholds.