📅 This Week: Welcome to 2026!

Wishing you a great start to the new year as we welcome in 2026! 

We hope you'll explore Census Bureau data with us in the year ahead.

📈 Economic Indicators

January 7: Full Report — Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders
October 2025 (originally scheduled for December 5, 2025)

January 8: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
October 2025 (originally scheduled for December 4, 2025)

January 8: Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
October 2025 (originally scheduled for December 10, 2025)

January 9: New Residential Construction — Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions
September 2025 (originally scheduled for October 17, 2025)
October 2025 (originally scheduled for November 19, 2025)

📰 The Latest from America Counts

Large shifts in industry revenue and employment occurred across the U.S. economy between 2017 and 2022.

Industries supporting consumer convenience and digital transformation experienced some of the biggest spikes in growth.

Learn more about industries that notably changed between 2017 and 2022 on America Counts.

📊 Upcoming Data Releases

• January 22: 2024 Planning Database
• January 27: Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts
• January 27: Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
• January 29: 2020-2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates and 2020-2024 ACS 5-Year Variance Replicate Estimates
• January 29: 2024 Community Resilience Estimates

💻 Upcoming Webinars

• January 20: Methodology Updates for the Vintage 2025 Estimates
• January 27: Essential Skills for Finding ACS Data on data.census.gov

🎂 Statehood Anniversaries

• Georgia celebrated its 238th anniversary on January 2.
• Utah celebrated its 130th anniversary on January 4.
• New Mexico will celebrate its 114th anniversary on January 6.
• Connecticut will celebrate its 238th anniversary on January 9.

Explore Census Bureau data on each state with our data.census.gov state profiles and sign up for email updates on your state!

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📌 In Case You Missed It

Our economists and social scientists are presenting their research findings at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association and Allied Social Science Associations this week.

Learn more about their research in our blog. 

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