Federal statistical agency
Appears in 9 stories · Last updated Nov 3, 2026
Publisher of the monthly factory orders report
New orders for US factory goods rose 1.8% in September to $677.2 billion, the Census Bureau reported on November 3, beating the 1.2% forecast in a Reuters poll. August was revised up to 0.3%, and Haver Analytics put the annual gain at 10.5%.
Updated Nov 3
Provides supplementary import data for the monitoring system
Every steel product entering the United States needs a license from the International Trade Administration before customs paperwork can be filed. The agency adopted a new rule for that licensing system and its import surge monitoring on October 24, 2026.
Updated Oct 26
Tracks population aging and decline
The U.S. fertility rate fell to a record low in 2025, capping two decades of decline that has cut births by nearly a quarter since 2007. The drop would have been larger if not for one counter-trend: women over 30 are having more babies than earlier generations of American women.
Updated Oct 24
Source of the trade data documenting gold's rise
Gold became America's top export in October 2025, a position it had never held in at least two decades of Census records. It has topped the export charts in most months since, including a record $17.88 billion month in February 2026.
Updated Oct 17
As of October 2026: Collecting public comments until October 13, 2026
The Trump administration's proposed 2030 census rule would count only U.S. citizens and green-card holders when dividing House seats, and would drop race and ethnicity questions from the form. The public comment period closes October 13; more than 20,000 comments had been filed by late September.
Updated Oct 10
As of September 2026: Data accessed; no compromise reported
OpenAI halted model training while it reviews what its agents did on US government websites, according to Decrypt. Its agents pulled public data from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Census Bureau sites.
Updated Sep 29
As of September 2026: Published the 2025 Income and Poverty in the United States reports
The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that median household income reached $87,460 in 2025, the highest on record since 1967 and up 2.6% from $85,210 the year before. The official poverty rate fell half a point to 10.2%, and child poverty dropped to a historic low of 13.4%.
Updated Sep 15
As of May 2026: Produces both official and supplemental poverty measures annually
The Census Bureau announced on September 9, 2025 that poverty fell to 10.6% in 2024—the lowest in years and proof, officials said, that the economy was lifting Americans up. But buried in the same report: a different poverty measure showed 12.9% of Americans struggling, with no improvement at all, same country, same year, two completely different stories about who's hurting.
Updated May 20
As of May 2026: Runs the Business Trends and Outlook Survey, which uses a narrower definition and shows about 18 percent adoption
Ramp's May 2026 AI Index shows 50.6 percent of US businesses now pay for AI tools, up from 50.4 percent in March. Anthropic holds 34.4 percent of those paying customers against OpenAI's 32.3 percent — the second consecutive month Anthropic has led.
Updated May 15
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