Data collection for Phase 4.2 of the Household Pulse Survey (HPS) started on July 23, 2024, and is scheduled to continue until September 16, 2024. This latest version of the survey will utilize continuous data collection throughout each month, with data releases scheduled for September 12 and October 3, 2024. 

The U.S. Census Bureau, in collaboration with multiple federal agencies, is in a unique position to produce data on critical social and economic matters affecting American households. The Household Pulse Survey was designed to deploy quickly and efficiently, collecting data to measure how emergent issues are impacting U.S. households from a social and economic perspective. Data will be disseminated in near real-time to inform federal and state action.

The Household Pulse Survey is a 20-minute online survey that measures how emergent social and economic issues are impacting households across the country.

The HPS also asks about core demographic household characteristics (including sexual orientation and gender identity), as well as the following topics:

• Access to infant formula
• Children’s mental health treatment
• COVID-19 vaccinations and long COVID symptoms and impact
• Education, specifically K-12 enrollment
• Childcare arrangements
• Employment
• Food sufficiency
• Housing security
• Household spending, including energy expenditures and consumption
• Inflation concerns and changes in behavior due to increasing prices 
• Physical and mental health
• Feelings of pressure to move from rental home
• Transportation, including behavioral changes related to the cost of gas
• Health insurance coverage (including Medicaid)
• Social isolation
• Shortage of critical items
• Participation with the arts
• Internet access
• Impact of living through natural disasters

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Energy Information Administration (EIA)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
• National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Office of the Surgeon General (OSG)
• USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)
• USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
• The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
• The White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC)

In order to support the nation’s recovery and the social and economic well-being of U.S. households, we need to know the ways emergent issues have affected people’s lives and livelihoods. Data from this survey will show the widespread effects of critical matters on individuals, families, and communities across the country from a social and economic perspective.

Your participation will help federal and state officials direct aid, assistance, and support to the people and places that need it most. This survey provides information that cannot be collected elsewhere. Your response is key. 

Prior data collections phases

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

Phase 3.10: August 23, 2023 – October 30, 2023

Phase 4.0: January 9, 2024 – April 1, 2024

Phase 4.1: April 2, 2024 – July 22, 2024