Census Bureau: 2018 Characteristics of New Housing Report Released
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the 2018 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 the laundry, presence of homeowner’s association, the buyer’s source of financing and…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report Released for May 2019
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 2019: New Home Sales Sales of new single-family houses in May 2019 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 626,000. This is 7.8 percent (±14.7 percent)* below the revised April…
Census Bureau: Webinar on Accessing Data in 2019 Scheduled for June 20th
What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar to show participants how to access data using data.census.gov. The Census Bureau has developed a new way of accessing data and is close to the official launch of data.census.gov and the retirement of American FactFinder in June. Starting in July, data.census.gov will be the primary way to access Census Bureau data,…
HUD and Census Bureau: Report on New Residential Sales in April 2019
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 April 2019: New Home SalesSales of new single-family houses in April 2019 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 673,000. This is 6.9 percent (±14.0 percent)* below the revised March rate…
HUD and Census Bureau: Residential Construction Activity Report for April 2019
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for April 2019. Building Permits Privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,296,000. This is 0.6 percent (±2.6 percent)* above the revised…
Census Bureau: Housing Vacancy Annual Statistics Released for 2018
These statistics provide vacancy rates, homeownership rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy for the United States, regions, states and the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas. Data for all geographies are available both quarterly and annually. Homeownership rates are also tabulated by age of householder for the United States and regions, and by race/ethnicity…
Census Bureau: Webinar on April 9th on Accessing Data in 2019 with Transition to data.census.gov
What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar to show participants how to access data using data.census.gov. The Census Bureau has developed a new way of accessing data and is now a few months away from the official launch of data.census.gov and the retirement of American FactFinder in June. Starting in July, data.census.gov will be the primary…
Census Bureau: Women’s Earnings by Occupation from the 2017 American Community Survey
In honor of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Census Bureau released today a graphic showing median earnings by detailed occupation from the 2017 American Community Survey. The occupation table shows the female earnings for full-time, year-round workers in 2017 and figures on the number of women in select occupations. The Census Bureau collects data on industry, occupation and…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for January 2019
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 January 2019: New Home Sales Sales of new single-family houses in January 2019 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000. This is 6.9 percent (±16.3 percent)* below the revised December…
HUD and Census Bureau: Residential Construction Activity Report for January 2019
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for January 2019. Building Permits Privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,345,000. This is 1.4 percent (±0.8 percent) above the revised…