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Read MoreAvailable APIs
Census Microdata API
The U.S. Census Bureau’s microdata is now available as a Census Bureau API.
Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) Time Series (1978 – 2019)
The Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) dataset is now available as a Census Bureau API.
Decennial Census (2020, 2010, 2000)
Population data by sex, age, race, Hispanic origin and more. Housing data by occupancy, vacancy status, and tenure. Highest geographic resolution (all levels).
News
Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: March 29, 2021
The 2017 Statistics of U.S. Businesses counted employment of 128.6M, of which 68.0M worked for enterprises 500+ in size and 60.5M for those under 500.
Census Bureau Releases Version 3.3 of Census Business Builder
CBB is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.
Census Bureau Updates Census Business Builder to Version 3.2
CBB is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.
Updates
Quarterly Workforce Indicators' Endpoints are Down
The U.S. Census Bureau encountered a processing issue with the R2021Q2 release of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI).
Quarterly Workforce Indicators Endpoint Restored
The Quarterly Workforce Indicators' endpoints have been restored.
Quarterly Workforce Indicators Endpoint is Down
The Quarterly Workforce Indicators' endpoints are currently unavailable. We are working on a fix, but we do not know when it will be returned to production.