Celebrate Census Day |
April 1, 2025
Celebrating America's Data Legacy  April 1, 2030 will be our next Census Day. Today, in anticipation of that day, we're reflecting on the remarkable impact of the Census Bureau—a cornerstone of American data transparency. The United States leads the world in public data accessibility, with the Census Bureau playing a crucial role.  From fulfilling its Constitutional mandate to count every person in the US to conducting specialized surveys
like the Economic Census and American Housing Survey, the Bureau's 140+ surveys create a comprehensive portrait of American life. This wealth of information empowers countless organizations and
individuals with insights that would otherwise be unattainable.  Census data has been instrumental in shaping your community in various ways, including: - Providing information for evidence-based community improvement initiativesÂ
- Helping community members hold elected officials accountable for resource allocation
- Voters integrating what they have learned into their voting decisionsÂ
- Equipping everyday
Americans to participate effectively in local governanceÂ
 What can you do? As data
privacy concerns grow, and as we begin to prepare for Census 2030, we have dual responsibilities: to utilize the valuable data currently available while advocating for the protection and enhancement of this public good we often take for granted.   Here at CTData, we will continue highlighting opportunities for civic engagement. We encourage you to follow the Census Project for
deeper insights into current developments. Consider telling your Census data story to We Are the Data, a project that collects stories about the myriad ways people utilize federal race and ethnicity data to improve our communities.Â
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Data at Your Fingertips Learn how to use our updated Data by Topic toolÂ
 Have you ever tried downloading data
across multiple years and towns, only to encounter a bunch of steps for what should be a straightforward question? Â We've been there too, which is why we created and recently updated our Data by Topic tool! Our revamped interface makes it easy to explore American Community Survey (ACS) data from 2010 to 2023. This new and improved platform provides a convenient way to access Connecticut data at state, town, county, and planning region levels.Â
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Updated Population Estimates Dashboard
We’ve recently updated our
Population Estimates Dashboard with vintage 2024 data to reflect Connecticut’s planning regions and the latest certified data. The dashboard provides insights into population changes—births, deaths, and migration—at both the state and regional levels, sourced from the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program (PEP). It also includes annual data on new housing units permitted in each town from the Census Bureau’s Building Permit Survey, ensuring a comprehensive view of demographic and housing
trends. Explore our updated tool here!
 Learn to use the Tool: Watch the Webinar
This webinar discusses some of the ways the Census Bureau collects and organizes the data used to create our dashboard as well as where you can find the background on the data used. Our dashboard features interactive graphs of Connecticut's annual population estimates over time from 2020 through the most recent data year,
2023, for state planning regions and across vintages. Watch our webinar here.  Be sure to check back!
We have more analysis in the works, so check back soon for
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