📊 Updates You May Have Missed

We have officially launched our newest survey, the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES). Approximately 370,000 businesses are receiving notices to respond to the 2023 AIES.

The new survey integrates and replaces seven annual business surveys into a single streamlined survey. The AIES will provide key measures of economic activity, including the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues, expenses and assets on an annual basis.

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• Our Surveys & Programs: Annual Integrated Economic Survey
• Census Videos: Introducing the Annual Integrated Economic Survey
• Random Samplings Blog: Integrating Our Business Statistics for an Ever-Changing U.S. Economy

More Counties Saw Population Gains in 2023

More U.S. counties experienced population gains than losses in 2023, as counties in the South saw faster growth and more Northeast and Midwest counties had population losses turn to gains, according to new Population Estimates out last week.

Approximately 60% of U.S. counties gained population from 2022 to 2023, an increase from the 52% of counties that experienced population growth between 2021 and 2022.

Get more Census Bureau data highlights.

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• Census Infographics & Visualizations: Percent Change in County Population: July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023
• Population and Housing Unit Estimates Data: Population and Housing Unit Estimates Tables
• Our Surveys and Programs: Population and Housing Unit Estimates
• America Counts: Four of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Metro Areas Are in Florida
  

Director Santos Chats with the National Endowment for the Arts

Check out a special edition of the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA) "Quick Study" podcast to hear Census Bureau Director Robert Santos talk with NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson on the arts, the social sciences, and artists’ contributions to trust-building and community engagement.

📌 In Case You Missed It

In the first post of his new blog, Deputy Director Dr. Ron Jarmin reflects on the Census Bureau's transformation efforts over the last year and our ongoing work to keep up with technology and emerging socioeconomic trends.

Did you know Cook County, IL had the largest Irish population (418,997) among all U.S. counties in 2022? Challenge students’ knowledge and have them review our graph showing where Irish-Americans live and then complete our crossword puzzle with the information they discover.

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• Facts for Features: Irish American Heritage Month and St. Patrick’s Day: March 2024
• Kahoot! Game: Shamrocks and Clovers: Celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month
• Statistics in Schools: Irish-American Heritage Month, Irish-Sounding Places, and Fun Facts

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