As the nation’s premier statistical agency, the U.S. Census Bureau produces data that illuminate the diversity of AIAN people and their communities.

It’s exciting to think about all the ways we provided quality data on our nation’s people, places, and economy in 2024.

Building on lessons learned from 2020 and prior censuses and incorporating valuable input, we have now finished the Design Selection Phase.

The Census Bureau released the 2023 PDB, the first PDB to include operational statistics from the 2020 Census, including metrics on online self-response.

OMB published the results of its review of SPD 15 and issued updated standards for collecting and reporting race and ethnicity data across federal agencies.

The U.S. Census Bureau released coverage estimates for the 2020 Census.

Although we undertake extensive efforts to accurately count everyone in the decennial census, sometimes people are missed or duplicated.

One of the primary methods of evaluating the quality of a census is comparing the results to other population benchmarks.

This blog describes the series of formal evaluations and assessments that measure different aspects of census operations and specific challenges.

Este blog describe la serie de evaluaciones formales que miden diferentes aspectos de las operaciones del censo y los desafíos.

This blog discusses how we improved the census questions on race and Hispanic origin, also known as ethnicity, between 2010 and 2020.

This blog discusses how we improved the census questions on race and Hispanic origin, also known as ethnicity, between 2010 and 2020.

Although we strive to obtain all demographic and housing data from every individual in the census, missing data are part of every census process.

Este blog proporciona datos destacados del segundo grupo de métricas operacionales de calidad del Censo del 2020.

Today we released the second round of 2020 Census operational quality metrics.

The Census Bureau is taking a multifaceted approach to studying the quality of the 2020 Census, so as to produce a more complete and informative picture.

Data quality is multidimensional and so approaching it from multiple angles produces a more insightful and holistic picture of a dataset.

For the 2020 Census, we are conducting one of the most comprehensive reviews in recent census history.

En este blog hablamos sobre cómo estamos realizando una de las revisiones de datos más completas en la historia reciente del censo, para el Censo del 2020.

As we continue to process 2020 Census responses, people have asked what happens when we don’t get a response from an address.

Mientras continuamos procesando las respuestas al Censo del 2020, las personas han preguntado qué sucede cuando no obtenemos una respuesta de una dirección.

Each decade we are asked, “Why don’t you just use the information the government already has about me for the census? Why ask me again?”

Este blog describe cómo el Censo del 2020 usó los registros administrativos para contar a las personas que no respondieron.

In the coming weeks, the U.S. Census Bureau will release the first set of results from the 2020 Census. Our goal for every census is to count everyone once, only once, and in the right place.

As we continue processing 2020 Census results, we’d like to provide more information on how we count people living in group quarters (GQs).

We’re in the midst of data processing for the 2020 Census. As Acting Census Bureau Director Ron Jarmin acknowledged in a recent blog, we’ve discovered some “anomalies” along the way that we’re looking into and resolving.

El 9 de marzo de 2021, la Oficina del Censo de los EE. UU. publicó un blog (en inglés) sobre las “anomalías” que encontramos al procesar los datos del Censo del 2020.

As we process census responses and analyze the quality of the 2020 Census, it’s helpful to look back at some of the unprecedented challenges we faced during this census.

La oficina del Censo de los EE. UU. compartió información en una publicación de blog el 1 de marzo de 2021, acerca de cómo la realización de un censo es una tarea enorme, incluso en circunstancias ideales.

Asking outside experts to review our work is standard operating procedure at the U.S. Census Bureau. It underscores our commitment to quality and transparency.

We expect to deliver the redistricting data to the states and the public by Sept. 30, 2021.

Michael Thieme describes how census data processing works to ensure the census is accurate.

I’m writing to provide an update on data processing for the 2020 Census.

The Census Bureau has begun processing the data collected for the 2020 Census. Data collection for the decennial census is always a herculean task and 2020 was no exception.