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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.
2018 API Changes
Available APIs
International Data Base (Time Series: various year - 2100)
The International Data Base (IDB) offers a variety of demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more.
Economic Indicators (Time Series: various years - present)
Fourteen national, monthly and quarterly surveys cover construction, housing, international trade, retail and wholesale trade, services, manufacturing and more.
American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2019)
Data available down to the block-group level. Covers a range of topics about social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics of the U.S. population.
News
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.
Modernizing How We Get You the Data: Data.census.gov
The U.S. Census Bureau is exploring rich new data sources and tools that will revolutionize how we produce timely and granular data on our nation's people, places, and economy.
U.S. Census Bureau Releases Update to COVID-19 Interactive Data Hub
The Census Bureau has released an updated version of the interactive data hub on its COVID-19 resource page.