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2020 Census Demographic Profile and Demographic and Housing Characteristics Press Kit

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2020 Census Demographic Profile and Demographic and Housing Characteristics Press Kit

May 02, 2023

The 2020 Census Demographic Profile and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) provide demographic and housing characteristics of local communities, including population data on age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, families and households, and data on homeownership and vacant and occupied housing.

The Demographic Profile provides an overview of topics in the 2020 Census in one, easy-to-reference table for geographies down to the tract level.
The DHC provides more detailed tables, many down to the block level.

How to Access Data

Demographic Profile

Access the Data

Includes a selection tool and step-by-step guide.

Explore Data by Topic

Includes links to popular tables.

DHC

Access the Data

Includes video tutorials and how-to guides.

Explore Data by Topic

Includes links to popular tables.

Tips on finding related data from 2010:

Finding 2010 SF1 Data in data.census.gov

Finding 2010 SF1 Data in the Census Data API

Data Visualizations

How Has Our Nation's Population Changed?

Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census

2020 Census Demographic Data Map Viewer

Ranking Tables

Data Visualization Ranking Tables: How Has Our Nation's Population Changed

Data Visualization Ranking Tables: Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census

Ranking of Homeownership Rate Differences Between 2010 and 2020 for States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

Ranking of the Ten Highest Homeownership Rates in 2020 for Metropolitan or Micropolitan Areas

Ranking of Rental Vacancy Rates in 2020 for the Metropolitan Areas with the Ten Largest Household Populations

Blogs

Age Heaping in the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)

Improvements to the 2020 Census Race and Hispanic Origin Question Designs, Data Processing, and Coding Procedures

What to Expect: Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File

Briefs

The Older Population: 2020

Age and Sex Composition: 2020

Resources by Topic

Age and Sex

An Aging U.S. Population With Fewer Children in 2020

2020 Census: 1 in 6 People in the United States Were 65 and Over

Brief "Age and Sex Composition: 2020"

Brief "The Older Population: 2020"

Interactive Population Pyramid: How Has Our Nation’s Population Changed?

View changes by year, race, Hispanic origin, and geography, and download some of the underlying data.

Interactive Map: Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census

View characteristics like population change and the racial and ethnic diversity index for age groups in different geographies.

Age Heaping in the DHC

This blog examines age heaping patterns in the DHC. Age heaping: respondents who do not know exactly how old someone is often guess ages that end in 0 or 5.

Race and Hispanic Origin

About Race Data

About Hispanic Origin Data

Nearly a Third Reporting Two or More Races Were Under 18 in 2020

Hispanic Population Is Younger But Aging Faster Than Non-Hispanic Population

Supplemental Table 1. Race Reporting Among the Hispanic or Latino Population by Nation, Region, and Puerto Rico: 2010 and 2020

Interactive Population Pyramid: How Has Our Nation’s Population Changed?

View changes by year, race, Hispanic origin, and geography, and download some underlying data.

Interactive Map: Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census

View characteristics like population change and the racial and ethnic diversity index for age groups in different geographies.

Families and Households

2020 Census: Family Households Still the Majority

Share of U.S. Coupled Households Declined in 2020

Housing

2020 Census: See a Vacant Home? It May Not be For Sale or Rent

Ranking of Homeownership Rate Differences Between 2010 and 2020 For States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

Ranking of the Ten Highest Homeownership Rates in 2020 for Metropolitan or Micropolitan Areas

Ranking of Rental Vacancy Rates in 2020 for the Metropolitan Areas with the Ten Largest Household Populations

Group Quarters

How We Counted Group Quarters in the 2020 Census

Results from the 2020 Census Group Quarters Count Imputation

2020 Census Residence Criteria and Residence Situations

8.2 Million People Counted at U.S. Group Quarters in the 2020 Census

Webinar

The Census Bureau held a prerelease webinar May 16 at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss the 2020 Census Demographic Profile and DHC to help data users prepare for the release.