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Census Briefs
Census Briefs
Census Briefs provide, in a series of succinct reports, data on topics of current interest. Presented in narrative style accompanied by charts and tables, the reports summarize data from current economic and demographic surveys. Each brief also includes sources of additional information on the discussed topic.
Prior to November 1996, Census Briefs were called Statistical Briefs. Beginning in December, 1996, the Statistical Briefs series were redesigned and reissued as Census Briefs.
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Disclosure Avoidance and the Supplemental DHC: How PHSafe Works
This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census Supplemental DHC File.
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Disclosure Avoidance for the DHC and Guidance for Data Users
This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census DHC.
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Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How SafeTab-H Works
This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census Detailed DHC-B.
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Disclosure Avoidance and the Detailed DHC-A: How SafeTab-P Works
This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census Detailed DHC-A.
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Housing Characteristics: 2020
The brief uses 2020 Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) data highlighting the nation's housing in 2020 as well as changes between 2010 and 2020.
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Age and Sex Composition: 2020
This report presents key findings from the 2020 Census on the age and sex composition of the U.S. population as well as changes between 2010 and 2020.
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The Older Population: 2020
This report describes the older population of the United States in 2020, with comparisons to the 2000 and 2010 Censuses.
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Congressional Apportionment: 2020 Census Brief
Trends in congressional apportionment and the apportionment population—what it is, who is included, and what method is used to calculate it.
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Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census Redistricting Data
This brief provides key information about disclosure avoidance for the 2020 Census Redistricting Data.
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Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: The TopDown Algorithm
This brief describes how differential privacy works and is applied to the 2020 Census Redistricting Data and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File.
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Why the Census Bureau Chose Differential Privacy
This brief describing how disclosure avoidance methods are being applied to 2020 Census data products and implications of those methods for data users.
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Disclosure Avoidance for the 2020 Census: An Introduction
In this handbook, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Disclosure Avoidance System is described in the context of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Summary File.
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Congressional Apportionment: 2010 Census Brief
Trends in congressional apportionment and the apportionment population—what it is, who is included, and what method is used to calculate it.
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The Older Population: 2010
This report describes the older population of the United States in 2010.
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Housing Characteristics: 2010
Highlights housing in 2010 and changes in housing characteristics between 2000 and 2010 in the nation and smaller areas.
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The Black Population: 2010
This report provides a portrait of the Black population in the United States and discusses its distribution at lower levels of geography.
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The White Population: 2010
This report provides a portrait of the White population in the United States and discusses its distribution at lower levels of geography.
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Age and Sex Composition: 2010
This report describes the age and sex composition of the United States in 2010.
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The Hispanic Population: 2010
This report provides a snapshot of the Hispanic or Latino population in the United States.
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Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010
This report looks at our nation’s changing racial and ethnic diversity and provides a snapshot of race and Hispanic origin in the United States.
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Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010
Population change between 2000 and 2010 for several geographic levels, including regions, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, and counties.
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Home Equity Lines of Credit—Who Uses This Source of Credit?
This report, based on data collected in the 2001 Residential Finance Survey, profiles the single-family homeowners who had home equity lines of credit.
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Household Income: 1999
This report, presenting data collected by Census 2000, provides information on the distribution of household income.
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Ancestry: 2000
This report presents Census 2000 data on the most frequently reported ancestries and describes population distributions for the United States.
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Journey to Work: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, provides information on the place-of-work and journey-to-work characteristics of employed workers 16 years and over.
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The Arab Population: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, presents details for people in the United States who identify an Arab ancestry.
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The Foreign-Born Population: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, describes the distribution of the foreign-born population in the United States, regions, states, counties, and places.
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Structural and Occupancy Characteristics of Housing: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, examines the number of units in a structure, the year the structure was built, and the number of people per room.
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Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000
This report presents Census 2000 data on language spoken at home and the ability to speak English of people aged 5 and over.
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Marital Status: 2000
This report presents Census 2000 data on the marital status of people aged 15 and over.
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Geographical Mobility: 1995 to 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, highlights data on the geographical mobility of people 5 and older.
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Housing Costs of Homeowners: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, examines mortgage status and selected monthly owner costs for specified owner-occupied housing units.
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Educational Attainment: 2000
This report presents Census 2000 data on the educational attainment of people 25 years and over in the United States.
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Employment Status: 2000
The report provides Census 2000 data on the employment status of people 16 and over and how employment status varies by geography.
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Occupations: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, highlights the occupations of American workers for the United States, regions, states, metropolitan areas, and counties.
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School Enrollment: 2000
This report, using Census 2000 data, provides a profile of the student population in the United States.
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