AUGUST 1, 2024 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2020 Census counts of households, along with information on household type and tenure (whether the home is owned or rented) for 300 detailed race and ethnicity groups and 1,187 American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages. The 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File B (Detailed DHC-B) provides household information based on the race or ethnicity of the householder (the first adult in a household for whom census responses were provided). 

The Detailed DHC-B data are available for the nation, states, counties, places, census tracts and American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) areas.

Today’s data product is the companion product to the Detailed DHC-A, which provided total population and the number of males and females by age for the same detailed groups. The Detailed DHC-A was released in September 2023.

The Detailed DHC-B includes data for the household population only. Group quarters (such as college dormitories, prisons or military barracks) are excluded from this data product.

For more information about what the Detailed DHC-B includes, visit the blog “Understanding the Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File B.”

The America Counts story “Who Lives in Homes They Own?” examines the detailed race and ethnicity of owner-occupied households nationally and by state.

The complete set of Detailed DHC-B tables are available on data.census.gov. For assistance accessing and using the data, check out the short videos and how-to guides with screenshots in the Detailed DHC-B press kit. The data are also available on the Census Bureau’s Application Programming Interface (API) and as a summary file for easier bulk download.

The amount of data available for the detailed racial and ethnic groups and AIAN tribes and villages depends on their population size within a specific geography. This approach allows the Census Bureau to produce as much detail as possible while ensuring confidentiality protections and maintaining the Census Bureau’s accuracy standards. The Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How SafeTab-H Works brief describes the similarities and differences in the methodology used to protect the Detailed DHC-B, compared with the Detailed DHC-A, and provides guidance for data users. More information, including data user guidance and tips, is available on the Detailed DHC-B webpage and in the technical documentation.

For more information on how the Census Bureau collects, codes and tabulates statistics on race and Hispanic or Latino origin, explore the 2020 Census Detailed DHC-A Technical Documentation and the blog What You Should Know About the Upcoming Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A.

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