12 GIFs of Census for the Holidays
This holiday season, the U.S. Census Bureau is bringing you the perfect way to wrap up the year. Join us for an ode to Census Bureau data and help us celebrate the people and programs who helped ensure that everyone was counted in 2020!
12. Statistics in Schools
The Statistics in Schools (SIS) program brings school subjects to life using real-world Census Bureau statistics. Teacher-designed and easy to use, SIS is a valuable resource that boosts statistical literacy and prepares students for a data-driven world! This festive season is a time for celebrating, gift giving, reflection, and thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the Census Bureau presents holiday-related facts and figures from its collection of statistics.
 11. Data.Census.gov
Try our new way to accesss Census Bureau data and digital content. The vision for data dissemination through data.census.gov is to improve the customer experience by making data available from one centralized place so that data users spend less time searching for data content and more time using it. View data profiles for Santa Claus, North Pole, Noel, and Rudoph.
10. Census Bureau History
The Secretary of State oversaw the first censuses. By the mid-19th century, temporary census offices supervised the census as part of the Department of the Interior. In 1902, the Census Bureau became a permanent agency within the Department of Commerce and Labor. In 1913, it became part of the Department of Commerce upon its separate establishment.
Did you know? The first censuses were conducted by U.S. Marshals and their assistants, and replaced by specially-appointed and trained census takers in 1880.
9. Facts for Features and Stats for Stories
Facts for Features and Stats for Stories are collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas that highlight holidays, anniversaries, observances, or other topics in the news.
Profile America's audio features 60-second vignettes for key events, observances, or commemorations to highlight information collected by the Census Bureau. Taken together, these resources for the media make it easier to write stories prior to commemorations and celebrations.
Every five years, the Census Bureau collects extensive statistics about businesses that are essential to understanding the American economy. This official count, better known as the Economic Census, serves as the foundation for the measurement of U.S. businesses and their economic impact. As part of the Census Bureau’s mission to provide timely information on the health of the U.S. economy, this “business” census serves as the most extensive collection of data related to business activity.
Economic Indicators: The Census Bureau also produces monthly and quarterly snapshots of key sectors within the U.S. economy.
7. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
Every year, the Census Bureau releases national-level income, poverty, and health insurance coverage statistics. The reports released this year included statistics for calendar year 2019 and compared trends with previous years. The Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance release is another example of how the Census Bureau measures America's people, places, and economy.
6. American Community Survey
The American Community Survey provides a wide range of important statistics about people and housing for every community in the nation. This survey is the only source of local estimates for most of the more than 40 topics it covers for communities across the nation. For example, it produces statistics for language, education, commuting, employment, mortgage status and rent, as well as income, poverty, and health insurance.
The American Community Survey 5-year statistics, based on data collected from 2015 to 2019, were released earlier this month. These statistics cover all geographic areas regardless of size, down to the block-group level.
5. Census Open Innovation Labs and TOP
Over the past 5 years, The Opportunity Project has brought together hundreds of people from around the nation and world to create life-changing technology, driven by real people and powered by open data.
At Demo Week this year, we featured 35+ new tools - our biggest year yet - created through development sprints, and the launch of the TOPx toolkit for federal agencies.
4. Experimental Data
Experimental data products are innovative statistical products created using new data sources or methodologies that benefit data users in the absence of other relevant products. We are seeking feedback from data users and stakeholders on the quality and usefulness of these new products.
The development of experimental data is one important path towards the creation of new, regularly occurring statistical products. Experimental data products that meet our quality standards and demonstrate sufficient user demand may enter regular production if resources permit.
3. COVID-19 Data Hub
In order to support the nation’s recovery, we need to know the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has affected people’s lives and livelihoods. Last week, the Census Bureau released an updated version of our COVID-19 Data Hub. Version 2.0 includes new Census Bureau data. The update also adds links to 38 COVID-19 related datasets from other federal agencies, nonprofit, and private sector sources. This tool will help federal agencies, businesses, and communities make important decisions related to the COVID-19 pandemic during the holiday season and in the new year.
2. Small Business and Household Pulse Surveys
In response to the unprecedented circumstances presented by COVID-19 and the urgent need for data, the Census Bureau launched two new experimental surveys to measure social and economic trends in the nation’s small businesses and households. Data from these surveys will show the widespread effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, families, small businesses, and communities across the country.
The Small Business Pulse Survey collects near real-time data on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses. The survey includes information on small business operations and finances, requests and receipt of assistance, and measures of overall well-being and expectations for recovery.
The Household Pulse Survey asks questions about how education, employment, food security, health, housing, social security benefits, household spending, stimulus payments, and transportation have been affected by the ongoing crisis.
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