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  • Maximum Cell Return Limits Now Presented
    New functionality to allow users to see the cell return limits if they apply to the dataset they are using.
  • Updates
    Removal of Broken Survey of Business Owner 2012 Endpoint
    February 03, 2022
    The older legacy Survey of Business Owner 2012 endpoint for Company Statistics that has been broken has been removed.
  • Updates
    Quarterly Workforce Indicators' Endpoints are Down
    July 22, 2021
    The U.S. Census Bureau encountered a processing issue with the R2021Q2 release of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI).
  • Updates
    Quarterly Workforce Indicators Endpoint Restored
    October 24, 2019
    The Quarterly Workforce Indicators' endpoints have been restored.
  • Updates
    Quarterly Workforce Indicators Endpoint is Down
    October 22, 2019
    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
    September 19, 2018
  • API Format Changes: 2010-2014 ACS Estimates
    August 30, 2018
  • API Format Changes: SF1 2010
    August 30, 2018
  • Updates
    Error in the Variable Labels for the 2016 1-Year ACS API
    September 29, 2017
    The U.S. Census Bureau fixed this issue and variable labels are now correct. Data for these variables are correct and were not changed.
  • 1990 Decennial (SF1) Block Groups Temporarily Decommissioned
    September 21, 2017
  • Issue Resolved: Conversion Error for Select 2015 ACS 1-Year Endpoints
    September 14, 2017
    The conversion error has been resolved for aggregate estimates with values over 2.1 billion in the 2015 ACS 1-Year endpoints.
  • Conversion Error for Select Aggregate Data: 2015 ACS 1-Year Endpoints
    August 03, 2017
    There is a conversion issue for aggregate estimates with values over 2.1 billion in the new 2015 ACS 1-Year endpoints.
  • Maximum Cell Return Limits Now Presented
    July 10, 2017
    The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing new functionality to allow users to see the cell return limits if they apply to the dataset they are using.
  • New Category of Required Variables: Default Displayed
    July 06, 2017
    New classification of required variables to allow users to see when a default value is used when the variable is not directly queried
  • Valid Values now presented for categorical variables
    July 06, 2017
    New functionality to our discovery page on the data API that will allow users to see a list of all valid values for categorical variables.
  • Groups Functionality - Pull more than 50 variables with 1 call
    June 12, 2017
  • ACS Endpoint Changes
    June 09, 2017
    Information for the 2015 ACS 1-Year API datasets including specific examples on how both the content format and the endpoints changed.
  • Moving From HTTP to HTTPS
    May 31, 2017
    Census will be switching from HTTP to HTTPS on August 28.
  • Updates
    New via API: Decennial Census Surnames
    December 15, 2016
    The Census Bureau's Census surnames product is a data release based on names recorded in the decennial census.
  • Economic Indicator Timeseries Endpoint Changes
    December 13, 2016
    On January 31, 2017, we will be changing the addresses of our Economic Indicator Timeseries endpoints.
  • New via API: Estimates of Pop & Housing Units and Pop Projections
    September 27, 2016
    The US Census Bureau has recently added the 2000-2015 Population & Housing Unit Estimates, 1990-2010 Intercensal Estimates, and the 2014 Population Projections.
  • The 2016 Planning Database is Now Publicly Available
    September 19, 2016
    The 2016 PDB is a database of select 2010 Decennial Census and select 2010-2014 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates.
  • Updates
    Release of ACS 1-Year Dataset for 2015
    September 15, 2016
    The US Census Bureau has released the ACS 1-yr dataset for 2015. Summary files, data profiles, comparison profiles, & subject tables are now available.
  • Updates
    New API Poverty Statisitcs for 2015 CPS ASEC
    September 13, 2016
    The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2015 CPS ASEC Poverty Statistics in the API today.
  • Updates
    New Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) dataset
    September 12, 2016
    The Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) dataset is now available via the API.
  • Updates
    Now available: 2014 ACS 1 Year Summary Files and Data Profiles
    September 17, 2015
    The US Census Bureau has just released a new ACS 1-yr dataset for 2014. Both summary files and data profiles are now available in the API.
  • Updates
    New via API: Population Estimates and Projections, 2014 Data
    January 13, 2015
    The U.S. Census Bureau added several data sets to its application programming interface, including 2014 Population Estimates and Projections
  • Updates
    Now available: 2009-2013 ACS 5 Year Summary Files and Data Profiles
    December 04, 2014
    The US Census Bureau has just released a new ACS 5-yr dataset for 2009 - 2013. Both summary files and data profiles are now available in the API.
  • Census Bureau's API Updated with 2011-2013 ACS Statistics
    October 28, 2014
    The Census Bureau has updated the application programming interface with the 2011-2013 American Community Survey statistics.
  • Updates
    Census Bureau's API Updated with 2013 ACS (1-yr) and New Features
    September 18, 2014
    API updated with 2013 ACS 1-year data, new subjects and new features.
  • New via API: Population Estimates and Projections Plus Economic Data
    June 05, 2014
    The U.S. Census Bureau added several data sets to its application programming interface, including 2013 population estimates and 2012 nonemployer statistics.
  • Census Data API Discovery Tool
    March 01, 2014
    Use this tool to dive in and through the many API endpoints to discover available variables, geographies and vintages of data.
  • Now available: 2008-2012 ACS 5 Year Summary Files and Data Profiles
    December 18, 2013
    The US Census Bureau has just released a new ACS 5-yr dataset for 2008 - 2012. Both summary files and data profiles are now available in the API.
  • Introducing dwellr Mobile Application (built on ACS data from our API)
    November 26, 2013
    Now available on iPhone and Android OS: dwellr is a mobile app which allows people to discover new places in the United States right from their smartphone.
  • Census Bureau's API Updated with 2010-2012 ACS Statistics
    November 15, 2013
    The Census Bureau has updated the application programming interface with the 2010-2012 American Community Survey statistics.
  • The Census API Updated with 2012 American Community Survey Statistics
    September 23, 2013
    Get the 2012 ACS data now via the Census API.

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