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The Stories U.S. Census Bureau Data Told in 2022

United States Census Bureau

America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

2022

The Stories U.S. Census Bureau Data Told in 2022

As this year comes to a close, we review some of the key demographic and economic trends and shifts that reshaped the nation in 2022.

This year, the country started rebounding from the health and economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. Census Bureau surveys continued to document the changes the country experienced. In addition to the 2020 Census results and more recent population estimates and surveys, we had several new experimental data products that provided near real-time statistics on households and businesses.

We revisit some of the stories census statistics told.

Continue reading to learn more about:

The gender pay gap
Famous people who first appeared in 1950 census records
Wealth inequality
Child poverty
Women in manufacturing
Using Census Bureau data to inform emergency planning, response and recovery

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