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Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release
04/25/2025
Cielle Quillen
Census, Business and Labor

Press Release Number: CB25-TPS.27

APRIL 24, 2025 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data products from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions and projections on an ongoing basis. The BTOS includes data for multiunit/multilocation businesses. BTOS will continue to collect data complementary to key items found on other economic surveys, such as revenues, employees, hours, and inventories.

Work from home (WFH) supplemental questions were added to the BTOS for one cycle (11/4/2024-1/26/2025). Existing measures of WFH reveal significant data gaps in understanding its scope, particularly from the business perspective. To address this, eleven WFH questions were developed for the BTOS, covering the share and frequency of WFH, challenges, management policies, and business impact. These data are now available.

BTOS data are representative of all employer businesses in the U.S. economy, excluding farms. BTOS provides insight into the state of the economy by providing continuous, timely data for key economic measures every two weeks. By providing continuous data with geographic and subsector detail, BTOS captures the impact of events like natural disasters and economic crises and assists in monitoring recovery efforts.

The BTOS sample consists of approximately 1.2 million businesses with biweekly data collection. Selected businesses are split into six panels (approximately 200,000 cases per panel) that will be asked to report every 12 weeks for a year. The Census Bureau estimates it takes the average respondent approximately nine minutes to complete the survey, including the time for reviewing the instructions and answers.

Data will be released biweekly and available by sector, state and the 25 most populous metropolitan statistical areas. Survey results give local, state and federal officials essential, real-time data to aid in policymaking and decision-making. In addition, the information aids businesses in making economic decisions.

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Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release
10/10/2024
Cielle Quillen
Census, Business and Labor

Press Release Number: CB24-TPS.102

OCT. 10, 2024 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data products from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions and projections on an ongoing basis. The BTOS includes data for multiunit/multilocation businesses. BTOS will continue to collect data complementary to key items found on other Economic surveys, such as revenues, employees, hours, and inventories. Additional details on artificial intelligence use and types used were added for one cycle and released March 28, 2024.

BTOS data are representative of all employer businesses in the U.S. economy, excluding farms. BTOS provides insight into the state of the economy by providing continuous, timely data for key economic measures every two weeks. By providing continuous data with geographic and subsector detail, BTOS captures the impact of events like natural disasters and economic crises, and assists in monitoring recovery efforts.

The BTOS sample consists of approximately 1.2 million businesses with biweekly data collection. Selected businesses are split into six panels (approximately 200,000 cases per panel) that will be asked to report every 12 weeks for a year. The Census Bureau estimates it takes the average respondent approximately nine minutes to complete the survey, including the time for reviewing the instructions and answers.  

Data will be released biweekly and available by sector, state and the 25 most populous metropolitan statistical areas. Survey results give local, state and federal officials essential, real-time data to aid in policymaking and decision-making. In addition, the information aids businesses in making economic decisions.

No news release associated with this announcement. Tip sheet only.

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Annual Survey of School System Finances First Look
10/10/2024
Cielle Quillen
Census, Education

Press Release Number: CB24-TPS.101

OCT. 8, 2024 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released an early look at data from the 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. The data provide initial insight into spending per public school pupil (pre-K through 12th grade), as well as revenue and other school system spending in 41 states. Due to the early release, only a subset of geographic areas is included.

The tables in the preliminary release present fiscal year (FY) 2023 school system finance data. The accompanying visualization compares these statistics to data in prior years to provide timely information about how they may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

These data are preliminary and are subject to change by the final release. The fiscal year is not uniform across all school systems and may vary. Survey data are not adjusted to conform school systems to a uniform fiscal year. The Census Bureau plans to release the final FY 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances data tables and files with finance data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia in May 2025.

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Census Bureau Releases New Geospatial Data
10/02/2024
Cielle Quillen
Census

Press Release Number: CB24-TPS.98

SEPT. 30, 2024 – The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of new geospatial data, including the first-time release of Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER)/Line files in GeoPackage format. GeoPackage files are spatial extracts that are based on the Open Geospatial Consortium Encoding Standard and can be used with geographic software.

This release of the Census Bureau’s geospatial data includes the new 119th Congressional District and 2024 State Legislative District boundaries provided in the Master Address File (MAF)/TIGER System. These files contain geographic information, which are spatial data encoded in a file format, including TIGER/Line Shapefiles, TIGER/Line Geodatabases and TIGER/Line GeoPackages, which contain national coverage (for geographic boundaries or features) or state coverage (for boundaries within state). 

Geospatial data contain, but are not limited to, legal, administrative, and statistical boundaries, roads and hydrography. These data can be linked to the Census Bureau’s current address count listing files and will also link to future 2024 vintage demographic data on data.census.gov, enabling users to visualize census tabular data as a map. 

TIGER/Line Shapefiles do not include demographic data but they do contain geographic entity codes (GEOIDs) that can be linked to the Census Bureau’s demographic data. For help determining which product to use, visit the TIGER Data Products Guide page.

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Census Bureau Releases Update to Community Resilience Estimates for Heat
07/16/2024
Paula Doty
Census
Press Release Number CB24-TPS.73

JULY 16, 2024 – The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2022 Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) for Heat, an experimental data product that measures social vulnerability to extreme heat.

While the standard CRE measures the social vulnerability that inhibits community resilience, the experimental CRE for Heat has new components of social vulnerability and information to account for exposure. Community resilience is the capacity of individuals and households within a community to absorb the external stresses of a disaster.

This latest version contains updates to better measure vulnerability and exposure to extreme heat, such as using data from the 2021 American Housing Survey to predict if a household has an air-conditioning unit.

The 2022 CRE for Heat is produced in collaboration with Arizona State University’s Knowledge Exchange for Resilience using information on individuals and households from the Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) and the Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Local planners, policymakers, public health officials and community stakeholders can use the estimates as one tool to help assess the potential resiliency of communities and plan mitigation and recovery strategies. The CRE uses small area modeling techniques and can be modified for a broad range of uses (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, economic recovery, etc.).

These data are also included in My Community Explorer, a tool that helps users identify potentially underserved areas in their state, county and community. Information on methodological changes can be found in the Quick Guide, in addition to other technical documentation for CRE for Heat. 

No news release associated with this product. Tip sheet only.

 

 

 

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Data Gem - Access Demographic and Earnings Data with Ease for Your EEO Workforce Analysis
07/02/2024
Paula Doty
Census, Business and Labor

The Census Bureau produces custom tables to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) data to provide HR, legal and government professionals, and organizations with the data they need to observe and compare general population demographic and earnings statistics to their workforce populations.

Organizations and professionals can use these data to analyze hiring and pay equity for protected class populations (such as race, sex, and age categories) by geography for over 200 specific occupation categories.

Discover these EEO tables and how to use the American Community Survey EEO table tool. 

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Small Business Week 2024: How Small Businesses Impact Our Economy
04/29/2024
Paula Doty
Census

Small Business Week 2024: How Small Businesses Impact Our Economy

Written by Adam Grundy

Every year since 1963, U.S. presidents have issued a Small Business Week proclamation to recognize the contributions of entrepreneurs and small business owners.

The theme of Small Business Week 2024, which runs from April 28 – May 4, is “Building on the Small Business Boom.”

A small business is one with fewer than 500 employees, according to the Small Business Administration. The Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics indicate there were 5,358,600 such firms in 2021, up from 5,322,155 in 2020.

According to County Business Patterns, 56.6% of all U.S. employer establishments in 2021 (the latest year for which these statistics are available) had fewer than five employees, up from 55% in 2020.

Continue reading to learn more about:

  • Nonemployer businesses
  • Women-owned businesses

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Nevadan Appointed Member of New 2030 Census Advisory Committee
03/26/2024
Paula Doty
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The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the appointment of 23 members to its new 2030 Census Advisory Committee (2030 CAC).

The 2030 CAC members, who represent various stakeholder organizations, groups, interests and viewpoints, have extensive census and survey experience. Under its charter, the 2030 CAC will assist the Census Bureau in devising strategies to increase awareness of and participation in the next decennial census, reduce barriers to response and enhance the public’s trust and willingness to respond.

“This talented group of specialists will provide the myriad perspectives and expertise that will help us produce statistical data to accurately render the beautifully diverse and dynamic nature of the nation’s population,” Census Bureau Director Robert L. Santos said. 

The newly appointed members are: 

  • Joel Alvarez, director, Population Division, New York City’s Department of City Planning.
  • Leah Austin, Ph.D., president/CEO, National Black Child Development Institute.
  • Brenda Barnes, assistant manager, Clark County Social Service; director, Southern Nevada Homelessness Continuum of Care.
  • Nancy Bates, Ph.D., former senior methodologist/statistician, U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Waahlaal Gidaag Barbara Blake, director, Alaska Native Policy Center, First Alaskans Institute.
  • Angela Broyles, founder and executive director, Texas Census Institute.
  • Cara Brumfield, director, Income and Work Supports, Center for Law and Social Policy
  • Thomas Bryan, president, BryanGeoDemo.
  • Quyên Đinh, executive director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center.
  • Robert S. D’Intino, Ph.D., professor of management and entrepreneurship, Rowan University – Glassboro, New Jersey.
  • Alexander Edgar, external affairs vice president, Associated Students University of California.
  • Shawn Ferguson, senior vice president of government relations and chief of staff to the Office of the Chairman, Special Olympics International.
  • Maria Filippelli, data director, Southern Economic Advancement Project.
  • Jeri Green, census consultant/senior advisor, National Urban League's 2020 Census Black Roundtable.
  • Jean P. Hall, Ph.D., director, Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies, The Research and Training Center on Independent Living, University of Kansas.
  • Mary Jo Hoeksema, director of government affairs, Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers.
  • Jessica Imotichey, Health Policy and Legislative Analyst, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health
  • Neda Maghbouleh, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
  • Andrew Myers, project director, Research and Training Center on Disability Rural Communities, University of Montana.
  • Kristen Olson, Ph.D., professor of sociology, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson; director, Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • Arturo Vargas, chief executive officer, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
  • Benjamin Williams, program principal, National Conference of State Legislatures.
  • Ting Yan, vice president/associate director, Westat.

“The 2030 Census Advisory Committee’s insights on how to address persistent undercounts and overcounts, communicate with different communities in culturally relevant ways, and to collect information in easy and efficient ways are crucial to planning the decennial census,” said Deborah Stempowski, associate director for Decennial Census Programs. “As we enter the last year of our “Design Selection Phase”, this continued engagement with stakeholders is critical while we consider the public feedback we collected along with the results of our research and testing.”

The committee is set to hold its first meeting in the near future. The meeting will be open to the public via webcast.

“The 2030 Census Advisory Committee will focus on engaging the public to participate in the decennial census through operational, technical and communications strategies,” Santos said. “We’ll also continue to work with our enterprise-level committees – the National Advisory Committee and Census Scientific Advisory Committee – to get their feedback on the many programs and initiatives across our agency.”

The committee members will each serve a three-year term and may serve an additional term at the director’s discretion. More information can be found on the 2030 CAC webpage.

 

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Integrating Our Business Statistics for an Ever-Changing U.S. Economy
03/22/2024
Paula Doty
Census
Written by: Nick Orsini, Associate Director for Economic Programs

As part of our ongoing commitment to innovation and to address our many stakeholder needs, the Economic Directorate has been working across all areas of the U.S. Census Bureau to reengineer our annual economic surveys. This process began in 2015, when the Census Bureau asked the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine to assemble a panel to conduct a comprehensive review of our annual economic surveys. Their findings and recommendations are summarized in this 2018 report “Reengineering the Census Bureau’s Annual Economic Surveys,” resulting in the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) that began data collection March 15.

Seven legacy annual economic surveys listed below have all had their final releases in their current format and are now integrated into a single survey – the AIES.

For me, this integration represents how we are adapting to our ever-changing economy where economic activity does not always fall into one category. While we will continue to produce data by industry and sector, the vision of AIES is the integration of the data as well as the processes.  By being open to doing surveys differently and more efficiently and not being limited by past practices, we are able to transform our business statistics, easily allowing for more robust data products that are cross-cutting rather than program-specific.

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Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release
02/29/2024
Paula Doty
Census

United States Census Bureau

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