Census Bureau: Weekly Data on Household Pulse Survey Released
The Census Bureau today released new data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment and closures, stay-at-home orders, school closures, changes in the availability of consumer goods…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residental Sales Report for May 2020
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for May 2020: New Home Sales Sales of new single-family houses in May 2020 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000. This is 16.6 percent (±15.5 percent)* above the revised April…
Census Bureau: New Data on Community Resilience Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Community Resilience Estimates on <www.census.gov> to measure the ability of a population to absorb, endure and recover from the impacts of disasters, including weather-related and disease-related hazard events such as COVID-19. The new experimental data product will be available through a tool which shows risk level by state, county and tract. These…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Weekly Data Released
The Census Bureau today released new data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment and closures, stay-at-home orders, school closures, changes in the availability of consumer goods…
Census Bureau: 2020 Census Workers to Count Population Experiencing Homelessness
The U.S. Census Bureau has announced the new schedule for counting people experiencing homelessness in the 2020 Census. The operation was originally scheduled for March 30, March 31 and April 1, but health and safety concerns with COVID-19 forced us to delay these activities. Between September 22 and 24, the Census Bureau now plans to…
HUD and Census Bureau: Findings of Rental Housing Finance Survey Released
Survey Finds Nearly Half of Rental Units are in Rental Properties with Four or Fewer Units Of the 48.2 million rental housing units, nearly 49 percent are located in rental properties of one to four units, according to the latest Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS) data released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Census Bureau: New Report on Veterans Released
A new report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that while the overall population of veterans is declining, the number of female veterans is on the rise and Post 9-11 veterans have the highest rate of service-connected disability compared to any other group of veterans. The report, Those Who Served: America’s Veterans From World…
Census Bureau: 2019 Characteristics of New Housing Report Released
The U.S. Census Bureau released today the 2019 Characteristics of New Housing Report, which provides annual statistics on the characteristics of new privately owned residential structures by census region. The report includes characteristics such as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, the location of laundry facilities, the presence of a homeowner’s association, the buyer’s source of…
Census Bureau: Over 60 Percent of U.S. Households Have Responded to 2020 Census
Internet Response Option Preferred by Majority of Households Responses to the 2020 Census are on track as more than 60% of U.S. households have responded to the 2020 Census, with approximately four out of every five households that responded on their own choosing to do so online at 2020census.gov. Current internet self-response rates are 9.2 percentage…
Census Bureau: 2018 Rental Housing Finance Survey Summary Tables Now Available
New summary tables from the 2018 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS) are now available in the RHFS table creator. The RHFS provides measures of financial, mortgage and property characteristics of residential properties with at least one housing unit for rent in the United States. It is the only data source that provides a comprehensive picture of…