Census Bureau

Census Bureau: Updates to Quick Facts Web Application Tool

Based on user feedback, the U.S. Census Bureau recently provided updates to the QuickFacts web application on census.gov. Updates include: Simplified mapping. Displays in Chart, Map and Dashboard based on user-selections. Updated share capability on social media sites Facebook and Twitter. Easier-to-navigate mobile experience. Improved performance. QuickFacts provides the following data for all states, counties…

Census Bureau: Upcoming Webinar on Accessing American Community Survey Statistics in API

What: The U.S. Census Bureau is hosting a webinar June 21 on Using the Census API With the American Community Survey. Users will learn how to access and use the Census Bureau’s application programming interface with statistics from the American Community Survey, identify survey variables and geographies to build queries, and locate additional resources. Through…

Census Bureau: More than Half of School Expenditures Spent on Classroom Instruction

JUNE 14, 2017 — Schools across the nation spent over 60 percent of day-to-day expenditures on classroom instruction in fiscal year 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Public Education Finances: 2015 report released today. The report provides figures on revenues, expenditures, debt and assets (cash and security holdings) for the nation’s public elementary and…

Census Bureau: 2016 Characteristics of New Housing Update

Today the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2016 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…

Census Bureau: Wealth and Asset Ownership Data Tables Released

The U.S. Census Bureau released today the 2013 Wealth and Asset Ownership Detailed Tables highlighting household net worth from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. These tables highlight annual household net worth estimates at the national level and are broken down by selected characteristics, such as race, household structure and poverty status. The Survey…

Census Bureau: The South is Home to 10 of the 15 Fastest-Growing Large Cities

Texas Cities Continue to Top the Charts MAY 25, 2017 — Ten of the 15 fastest-growing large cities were located across the South in 2016, with four of the top five in Texas, according to new population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Conroe, Texas (near Houston), was the fastest-growing large city (population…

HUD: New Residential Sales in March 2017 Report

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau today jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for March 2017: NEW HOME SALES Sales of new single-family houses in March 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 621,000, according to estimates released jointly today by…

HUD: New Residential Construction Activity for March Announced

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for March 2017: BUILDING PERMITS Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,260,000. This is 3.6 percent (±2.8 percent) above the revised…

HUD: New Residential Sales in January 2017 Announced

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau today jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for January 2017: NEW HOME SALES Sales of new single-family houses in January 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 555,000. This is 3.7 percent (±18.5 percent)* above…

HUD: New Residential Construction Activity in January Released

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for January 2017: BUILDING PERMITS Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,285,000. This is 4.6 percent (±2.0 percent) above the revised…