REVISED RELEASE DATE: 2023 National Population Projections — _{The U.S. Census Bureau will release the 2023 National Population Projections which provide an in-depth analysis of the nation’s population looking forward to 2100, including its size and composition by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin and nativity. The 2023 projections include a main series and three alternative scenarios with varying assumptions about international migration. Note: This release was previously scheduled for embargo Tuesday, October 3, and for public release Thursday, October 5. It has been moved due to a delay in finalizing the table package. Stay tuned for an updated release date in the coming weeks.} 

Aging-Ready Homes in the United States — Perception Versus Reality of Aging-Accessibility Needs: 2019 

A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau examines whether American homes are ready for an aging population. It explores how many homes have aging-accessible design features and the number of Americans age 65 and over who have reported difficulty using certain areas of their home. The report also explores whether older Americans think their home suits their accessibility needs and whether they have plans to renovate their home to make it more aging accessible. (Tentatively scheduled for release Oct. 10.)

2022 School Enrollment Data Tables _{— The U.S. Census Bureau will release school enrollment data that examine the characteristics of people enrolled in school at all levels in 2022 using statistics from the Current Population Survey. The data tables detail enrollment from pre-school through college. (Scheduled for release October 11.)}  

Field of Degree by Earnings Table Package — The U.S. Census Bureau will release a new table package on Earnings by Field of Degree. These tables come from the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) and will provide detailed data on field of bachelor’s degree and median earnings for the U.S. population ages 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher. (Scheduled for release October 17.) 

State-Level Geographic Mobility and Place of Birth Data — The U.S. Census Bureau will release new geographic mobility and place of birth data at the state level. These data come from the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS). The State-to-State Migration Flows table will provide estimates of the number of people moving between origin and destination geographies. The State of Residence by Place of Birth table will provide estimates of the number of people living in their current state of residence by place of birth. (Scheduled for release October 19.)

Household Pulse Survey

The experimental Household Pulse Survey is an effort by the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to provide near real-time data on how the social and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergent issues are affecting people’s lives to inform federal and state response and recovery planning. Data collection for phase 3.10 began August 23, with data dissemination including detailed data tables and public use data files on a monthly basis. (Scheduled for release October 11 and November 8.) 

School Pulse Panel

The first look at data from the School Pulse Panel (SPP) will be released this month. The SPP is a monthly data collection of vital information in public education. SPP began as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and serves as a primary source of information regarding public school's response to the pandemic. This school year the SPP will cover a range of topics including after-school and summer programs, learning recovery, tutoring, staffing and mental health services. The Census Bureau collects this data on behalf of the National Center for Education Statistics from public schools in the United States and outlying areas. Estimates from SPP are considered experimental and can be examined at the school level (elementary, middle/combined and high schools), school size, region, locale (urbanicity), racial/ethnic student enrollment, and school neighborhood poverty level. To learn more, visit the School Pulse Panel webpage. (Scheduled for release October 17.)

“Studying Workers Travel Patterns to Employment Centers Using Census Data” — The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute, welcomes Sadra Sharifi, Emanuel Lucban and Liang Tian as they present, “Studying Workers Travel Patterns to Employment Centers Using Census Data.” This study explores workers historical travel patterns, utilizing the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) data to gain insight into the relationship between demographic characteristics and primary employment centers in the San Diego region. Results of this study will help local policy makers and key stakeholders to institute data driven programs and policies to improve regional transportation systems leading to reduced congestion and emissions. (Scheduled for release October 18.)

2022 Annual Business Survey — The U.S. Census Bureau will release detailed data tables from the 2022 Annual Business Survey (ABS) covering reference year 2021. Data will include estimates on the number of firms, receipts, payroll and employment by sector, sex, ethnicity, race and veteran status. Tables show data on various owner and business characteristics at the national, state and metropolitan statistical area geographic levels. Data will also include module characteristics of businesses statistics, showing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on employer businesses by sex, ethnicity, race and veteran status. Data in these tables replace preliminary data released in March 2023. The ABS is conducted jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). (Scheduled for release October 26.)

Business Trends and Outlook Survey — The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. Starting this fall, BTOS experimental data products will be representative of all employer businesses in the U.S. economy, excluding farms. The next publication for BTOS with this change is scheduled for October 26, 2023. The data allow greater insight into the state of the economy by providing continuous, timely information for key economic measures. Data are released biweekly and are available by sector, state and the 25 most populous metropolitan statistical areas.

Monthly Business Formation Statistics — Business Formation Statistics (BFS) provide timely, high-frequency data on business applications and employer business formations monthly. The data are available at the state, regional and national levels and by industry sector at the national level. The next monthly BFS release is October 16 and will include September 2023 data. Business Formation Statistics - Release Schedule (census.gov).  

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2023 — To commemorate American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, the Census Bureau has compiled a list of statistics about the American Indian and Alaska Native population. (Tentatively scheduled for release in October.)

The 2023 Winter Holiday Season — The holiday season is a time to celebrate, reflect, exchange gifts and give thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its vast collection of statistics. (Scheduled for release in November.)

Stats for Stories provides links to timely story ideas highlighting U.S. Census Bureau statistics that relate to current events, observances, holidays and anniversaries. The story ideas are intended to assist the media in story mining and producing content for their respective audiences.

• German-American Day: October 6, 2023 
• Manufacturing Day & Week: October 6 & 6-13, 2023 
• Earth Science Week: October 8-14, 2023 
• Fire Prevention Week: October 8-14, 2023 
• Leif Erikson Day (Nordic-American Heritage): October 9, 2023 
• National Nut Day: October 22, 2023 
• The Incandescent Light Bulb: October 22-23, 2023 
• Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week 2023): October 22-25, 2023 
• National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day: October 28, 2023

Housing Characteristics: 2020 

September 28 — This release features an interactive map and briefing paper on 2020 Census housing characteristics. This brief provides an overview of homeownership, renters, vacant housing and other 2020 Census housing statistics previously released through data about homeownership by the age, race and ethnicity of the householder. The map provides national, state, core-based statistical area (CBSA) and county data. It also includes data from the 2010 Census for comparison.

Annual Survey of School System Finances First Look — October 3 — The U.S. Census Bureau released preliminary data from the 2022 Annual Survey of School System Finances. The data provide initial insight into spending per public school pupil (pre-K through 12th grade), as well as revenue and other school system spending details in 41 states and the District of Columbia.

2023 Manufacturing Day — September 29 — The U.S. Census Bureau participated in the 12th annual Manufacturing Week event: a celebration of this sector’s contributions to the nation’s economy. The week is designed to coincide with and culminate on Manufacturing Day, Oct. 6, to showcase the potential of modern manufacturing and spur interest in manufacturing careers. The Census Bureau featured an updated Manufacturing Week homepage with valuable manufacturing statistics and data products, and we posted relevant historical facts on our social media pages throughout the week.

2021 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) — September 28 — The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2021 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) data in the Census API, data.census.gov, in CSV format on the BDS website, and BDS Explorer. The BDS is an annual time series — covering the years 1978 to 2021 — and provides measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy, aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics. 

Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey — September 28 — The U.S. Census Bureau released data on the nation’s inventory and use of selected vehicles. The Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS) is a joint partnership with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the first release of the physical and operational characteristics of the nation’s vehicle population since 2004. 

Cannabis Excise Sales Tax Collections — September 28 — The U.S. Census Bureau released a new experimental data product featuring quarterly tax collections at the state level for cannabis sales. Data for cannabis sales taxes were reported in the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue and includes data from the third quarter of 2021 through the second quarter of 2023.

Dispersion Statistics on Productivity (DiSP) — September 26 — The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a new version of the experimental data product, Dispersion Statistics on Productivity (DiSP). DiSP provides information on the within-industry dispersion in productivity at the 4-digit NAICS level for the manufacturing sector. The new version of DiSP data covers years 1987 to 2020.

Halloween: Oct. 31 — September 18 — Halloween, which dates to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has evolved into a community-based celebration characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating and carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns. In the spirit of Halloween, this edition of the Census Bureau’s Facts for Features presents a wide array of new and updated statistical information.

National Hispanic Heritage Month — August 17 — During this month-long observance, our nation celebrates the culture and traditions of U.S. residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The Census Bureau joins in the celebration with this fact sheet presenting a range of updated statistics describing the demographic state of the nation’s Hispanic population. Spanish

America Counts tells the stories behind the numbers in a new and inviting way. We feature stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, the economy, emergency preparedness and the population. New stories include:

• Tracking Supply Disruptions, Impact of Inflation on Small Business (October 5)
• Detailed Data for Hundreds of American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes (October 3)
• Manufacturing Faces Potential Labor Shortage Due to Skills Gap (September 29)
• Powering the Economy One Chip at a Time (September 29)
• A Toast to the Growing Number of U.S. Beer/Wine Manufacturers (September 29)
• More Women in Manufacturing Jobs in Every Age Group (September 29)
• Manufacturing Pay, Job Prospects Increase With Industry “Credential” (September 29)
• A House Tour by the Numbers (September 29)
• Small Business Week 2022: How Small Businesses Impact the Economy (September 29)
• E-commerce Sales Surged During the Pandemic (September 29)
• Mom and Pop Businesses: Key Contributors to the U.S. Economy (September 29)
• Increase in Number of U.S. Black-Owned Businesses From 2017 to 2019 (September 29)
• The Business of Manufacturing Snack Foods Before the “Big Game” (September 29)
• Impact of COVID-19 on Passenger and Freight Transportation (September 27)
• Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020 (September 21)

• German-American Day: October 6, 2023
• Global Diversity Awareness Month: October 2023
• Italian American Heritage and Culture Month: October 2023
• National Disability Employment Awareness Month: October 2023
  
• National Energy Awareness Month: October 2023
  
• National Seafood Month: October 2023
  
• Polish-American Heritage Month: October 2023
  
• National Coffee Day: September 29, 2023
• Ancestor Appreciation Day: September 27, 2023
• World Tourism Day: September 27, 2023
• Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day: September 24, 2023
• National Hunting and Fishing Day: September 23, 2023
• National Wilderness Month: September 2023
• National Preparedness Month: September 2023
• Summer 2023: June 21-September 23, 2023
• Atlantic Hurricane Season: June 1-November 30, 2023

Emergency Management/Disaster Resources — When major disasters strike, visit our Emergency Management webpage for demographic and economic data on impacted areas. Each disaster will include data from our key emergency management tools: OnTheMap for Emergency Management, Community Resilience Estimates, Census Business Builder: Regional Analyst Edition, and other useful resources.

Learn What Surveys Are Being Conducted in Your Community — Discover which of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 130-plus annual surveys are being conducted in your community. In a variety of surveys and censuses, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America’s people, businesses, industries and institutions. Learn more about surveys currently being conducted in each Census Bureau region:

• Atlanta
• Chicago
• Denver
• Los Angeles
• New York
• Philadelphia
• All Surveys

Listed below are a few of the U.S. Census Bureau’s interactive applications used to access statistics from our 130-plus annual surveys. A complete list can be accessed on the Census Bureau’s Data Tools and Apps webpage.

Census Infographics & Visualizations — Explore Census Bureau data with infographics and visualizations covering a broad range of topics.

2030 Census Research Project Explorer — 2030 Census research projects are grouped into five Enhancement Areas (EAs). Learn about the research being conducted in each EA and explore topics of interest.

Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) Explorer — Analyze the Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) data through interactive charts, maps and tables.

Census Bureau Training Opportunities — Webinars are available on a regular basis to help the public access and use Census Bureau statistics. These free sessions, which are 60 to 90 minutes each, show users how to navigate Census Bureau databases and mapping tools and find demographic and economic statistics at the local or national level. Descriptions of upcoming sessions are available on our Census Academy webpage. Login details are provided at least one week before a webinar.

• Census Updates for Public Health Practitioners (Tuesday, October 17, 1:30-3 p.m. EDT)
• Studying Workers Travel Patterns to Employment Centers Using Census Data (Wednesday, October 18, 1:30-3 p.m. EDT)
• Econ Census Island Areas (Monday, October 23, 2-3 p.m. EDT)
• data.census.gov for Beginners: How to Get Started (Wednesday, October 25, 2-3 p.m. EDT)
• International Trade (Monday, October 30, 2-3 p.m. EDT)
• County Business Patterns & Census Business Builder (Monday, November 6, 2-3 p.m. EST) 
• Workforce and Small Business (Monday, November 13, 2-3 p.m. EST).

Archived Training Resources — Visit the Census Bureau’s Educational Resource Library for previously recorded, free training available at your convenience. The library includes presentations, recorded webinars, tutorials and other helpful materials.