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Research Celebrating 250 Years of Measuring America's People and Economy Learn more. Research Skip Navigation Within Research Research Our research and development in the following areas help the Census Bureau remain a world leader in social and economic measurement. Subscribe to Email Updates about Census Research Areas of Research Dissemination and Access—Innovation and Research Explore our research and innovations related to effectively disseminating quality data while protecting respondents' confidentiality. Economic and Social Research Learn about our use of confidential microdata on businesses and households to do empirical research in economics, sociology, demography, and related fields. Research Computing Environments Explore our leading-edge research in computational environments that use data science methods such as web scraping, AI, machine learning, and record linkage. Statistical Research Delve into our research on statistical design, modeling, and analysis methods for data collection, analysis, statistical product development, and dissemination. Survey Methods Research Learn about our methodological research to design and evaluate questionnaires, recruitment materials, field rep training, and other aspects of data collection. Selected Research Projects 2030 Census Research Following upon our successful 2020 Census research, planning for the 2030 Census is already underway. Administrative Records Learn about our use of administrative records and data linkage activities to reduce respondent burden, lower data collection costs, and improve data quality. Popular Research Products Experimental Data Products Explore and comment on our experimental data products that are innovative statistical products and tools created using new data sources or methodologies. Time Series and Seasonal Adjustment Explore our statistical research on seasonal adjustment, from a glossary and working papers to case studies and open-use software. Software Download software to display, extract, map, process, and/or tabulate census and survey data. Additional Information Research Careers and Fellowships Research Matters Blogs Census Research Exploration and Analysis Tool (CREAT) Federal Statistical Research Data Centers Discover Census Bureau Statistical and Research Code on GitHub.com You May Be Interested In Random Samplings Blog Random Samplings Experts from the Census Bureau describe the objectives of their work and explain census and survey results. The bureau conducts more than 100 surveys each year. Working Paper Census Working Papers Read research analyses via working papers and reports from Census Bureau experts. Publication Census Publications Read publications, briefs and reports from Census Bureau experts. Genealogy Information collected in the Decennial Census of Population and Housing on individuals does not become available to the public until after 72 years. Page Last Revised - August 26, 2025