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What are Experimental Data Products?
What are Experimental Data Products?
Experimental data products are innovative statistical products created using new data sources or methodologies that benefit data users in the absence of other relevant products. We are seeking feedback from data users and stakeholders on the quality and usefulness of these new products.
The development of experimental data is one important path towards the creation of new, regularly occurring statistical products. When resources permit, experimental data products that meet our quality standards and demonstrate sufficient user demand may enter regular production and will be included on this page as Permanent Products.
Census Bureau experimental data may not meet all of our quality standards. Because of this, we clearly identify experimental data products and include methodology and supporting research with their release.
Experimental Data Products
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Experimental Data ProductNonemployer Statistics by Demographics Experimental, Wage Work TablesNovember 05, 2024Augments the annual Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D) to report on the intersections of self-employment and wage work by demographics.
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Experimental Data ProductExperimental Business Dynamics Statistics (EXP-BDS)October 17, 2024A suite of experimental business dynamics statistics created from new data linkages in the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) infrastructure.
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Experimental Data Product2022 Local Estimates of Internet Adoption (LEIA)September 09, 2024The LEIA are experimental, county-level estimates of high-speed internet access.
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Experimental Data ProductMonthly Wholesale Real Dollar EstimatesSeptember 09, 2024The Census Bureau has released the monthly wholesale real dollar estimates of sales and inventories as an experimental data product.
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Experimental Data ProductHousehold Pulse SurveyJuly 23, 2024The Household Pulse Survey is designed to deploy quickly, and efficiently collect data on emergent social and economic matters facing U.S. households.
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Experimental Data ProductCommunity Resilience Estimates (CRE) for HeatJuly 16, 2024The CRE for Heat identifies the specific areas across the country most socially vulnerable to the effects of heat exposure.
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Experimental Data ProductJustice Outcomes Explorer (JOE)May 01, 2024Justice Outcomes Explorer (JOE) data measure the economic and health outcomes of people who have been involved with the criminal justice system.
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Experimental Data ProductCommodity Flow Survey Expanded Hazardous Materials (CFS-EHM) EstimatesApril 05, 2024Estimates of the total number of establishments shipping HAZMAT, types of HAZMAT shipped, and the packaging types used at the national and PADD level.
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Experimental Data ProductMonthly Puerto Rico Business ApplicationsMarch 12, 2024This experimental data product provides four monthly business applications series for Puerto Rico.
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Experimental Data ProductManufacturing Industrial Robotic Equipment: 2018 - 2021February 29, 2024Data on the presence of robots, workers exposed to robots, capital expenditures for industrial robotic equipment, and plant size distributional statistics.
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Experimental Data ProductCounty Estimates from 2019 American Housing Survey: Signs of RodentsJanuary 15, 2024This experimental data product provides small area estimates of “signs of rodents in the past 12 months” using the 2019 American Housing Survey.
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Experimental Data ProductVIUS National Estimates with Modeled Estimates for New HampshireSeptember 28, 2023Model-based estimates for the United States, including New Hampshire, for the 2021 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey.
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Experimental Data ProductCannabis Excise Sales Tax CollectionsSeptember 28, 2023This experimental product provides quarterly data on cannabis excise sales tax collections.
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Experimental Data ProductBusiness Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) DataSeptember 08, 2023Provides insights with timely, high frequency data across all nonfarm sectors of the economy.
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Experimental Data ProductNational Experimental Wellbeing Statistics (NEWS)February 14, 2023The NEWS project aims to produce the best possible estimates of income and poverty given all available survey and administrative data.
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Experimental Data ProductCensus Bureau Index of Economic Activity (IDEA)February 09, 2023The Census IDEA is an aggregation of 15 of the Census Bureau's primary economic data series that provides a single time series constructed as a weighted combination.
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Experimental Data ProductMonthly Subnational Construction Spending: Private ManufacturingFebruary 01, 2023This new experimental data product features monthly construction spending estimates at the Census Division level for private manufacturing.
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Experimental Data ProductSmall Business Pulse SurveyFebruary 11, 2022Measures the effect of changing business conditions during the Coronavirus pandemic on our nation’s small businesses.
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Experimental Data ProductCommodity Flow Survey Subarea EstimatesMay 21, 2021This product provides additional geographic granularity to existing Commodity Flow Survey Estimates.
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Experimental Data ProductSelected Monthly State Tax CollectionsApril 16, 2021The Monthly State Tax Collections is the new monthly measure of state government tax collections for selected taxes.
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Experimental Data ProductMonthly State Retail SalesNovember 24, 2020The Census Bureau has released the Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS) an experimental data product featuring monthly state-level retail sales.
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Experimental Data ProductVeteran Employment OutcomesSeptember 30, 2020Veteran Employment Outcomes (VEO) are new experimental Census Bureau statistics on labor market outcomes for recent Army veterans.
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Experimental Data ProductPost-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO)April 17, 2020PSEO data provide earnings and employment outcomes for college and university graduates by degree level, degree major, and post-secondary institution
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Experimental Data ProductDispersion Statistics on Productivity (DiSP)December 04, 2019Experimental data on within-industry dispersion in productivity for the manufacturing sector.
Permanent and Transitioned Products
These products are former Experimental Data Products that have been reviewed and approved to transition or become permanent.
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Economic Survey2018 Robotic Equipment ExpendituresSeptember 30, 2020Now a standard data product that provides additional detail to the national level estimates measuring investment in machinery and equipment.
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Economic Survey2019 Capital Expenditures for Robotic EquipmentJuly 12, 2021Now a standard data product that provides additional detail to the national level estimates measuring investment in machinery and equipment.
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Demographic SurveyCommunity Resilience Estimates (CRE)June 2020The Community Resilience Estimates provide an easily understood metric for how at-risk every neighborhood in the United States is to the impacts of disasters.
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Demographic SurveyCommunity Resilience Estimates (CRE) for Puerto RicoJune 07, 2023Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) for Puerto Rico measures social vulnerability to disasters at the state/commonwealth, municipio and census tract levels.
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Economic SurveyMonthly Business Formation StatisticsFebruary 19, 2021Monthly Business Formation Statistics is now a standard data product measuring business applications, formations, and projections of business formations.
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Economic SurveySupplemental Quarterly E-Commerce TableDecember 04, 2020Supplemental Quarterly E-Commerce Table is now a standard data product providing additional detail to the national estimate measuring retail E-commerce sales.
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Economic SurveyWeekly Business Formation StatisticsAugust 29, 2024The weekly breakout of business application data will now be released as part of the monthly BFS.
Page Last Revised - August 15, 2024
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