America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

The Stories U.S. Census Bureau Data Told in 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, we review some of the year’s key demographic and economic trends and shifts that reshaped the nation.

U.S. Census Bureau surveys document many changes the country experiences, from increased diversity and how and where we live to the aging of the population and economic shifts. 

In addition to the 2020 Census results and more recent population estimates and surveys, several experimental data products provided near real-time household and business statistics.

Continue reading to learn more about: 

• Who owns America's businesses
• Patterns in parent mortality
• Multiracial population recorded from the 2020 Census
• The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on commuting to work
• 2020 Census data on race and ethnicity group populations
• The national poverty rate

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Highlights from America Counts in 2023

The 2021 Annual Business Survey shows Hispanic business ownership is on the rise.

Climate-focused data product finds that social factors contribute to low resilience to extreme heat exposure for almost 1 in 4 individuals in the United States.

New Population Counts for Nearly 1,500 Race and Ethnicity Groups

In September, the Census Bureau released official population counts for more than 200 new detailed race and ethnicity groups.

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• Families, Housing, Employment, Business, Education, Economy 
• Emergency Management, Health, Population, Income and Poverty

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