FEMA: New Data on Public Employment and Payroll Now Available
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a new summary report and data tables for the 2025 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (ASPEP). These statistics provide a comprehensive look at the employment of the nation’s state and local governments. The survey provides state and local government data on full- and part-time employment; full-time equivalent employment; and…
Census Bureau: 2025 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections Data Now Available
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new tables and files containing detailed data from its 2025 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC), including taxes imposed and collected by state governments and the District of Columbia. These data cover five broad tax categories and up to 25 tax subcategories. Congress, federal agencies, state and local governments,…
Census Bureau: Most Common First Names and Last Names in the 2020 Census Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a series of data tables of the most common first and last names reported in the 2020 Census. The tables include national-level counts of: A summary table is also available that compares the most common names in the 1790 Census with those in the 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 Censuses. The…
Census Bureau: New 2025 U.S. Population Estimates by Age and Sex Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a downloadable file containing estimates of the nation’s resident population by single year of age and sex as of July 1, 2025. In the coming months, the Census Bureau will release housing unit estimates for the nation, states, and counties, and population estimates for cities and towns. Future releases also include population estimates by…
FDIC: 2026 Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights Issued
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued the 2026 edition of the Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights. The purpose of this publication is to enhance transparency regarding the FDIC’s consumer compliance supervisory activities and to provide a high-level overview of consumer compliance issues identified in 2025 through the FDIC’s supervision of state non-member banks and thrifts. …
FHFA: House Price Index® Up 0.1 Percent in January; Up 1.6 Percent from Last Year
U.S. house prices rose 0.1 percent in January, according to the U.S. Federal Housing (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices rose 1.6 percent from January 2025 to January 2026. The previously reported 0.1 percent price change in December was revised upward to 0.3 percent. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly home price…
CFPB: 2025 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Modified Loan Application Register (LAR) data for 2025 are now available on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s (FFIEC) HMDA Platform for approximately 4,768 HMDA filers. The published data contain loan-level information filed by financial institutions and modified to protect consumer privacy. To increase public accessibility, the annual loan-level…
OCC: Mortgage Performance Report for Fourth Quarter 2025 Issued
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported on the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system during the fourth quarter of 2025. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Fourth Quarter 2025 showed that 97.5 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, a slight…
Census Bureau: New Data Released From Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data on food and nutrition, health and well-being, transportation, employment, education and other topics from the Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS). These data, collected from a sample of about 30,000 households in April 2025, provide insights for the nation as well as smaller geographic areas defined by…
Census Bureau: Slow Population Growth Impacts Nation’s Largest Counties Hardest
Diminishing Population Gains in Metro Areas Highlight Nationwide Trend Population growth slowed in a majority of the nation’s 3,143 counties and the District of Columbia between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the Vintage 2025 population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Among the 2,066 counties that grew between 2023…