The U.S. Census Bureau will begin an embargo for the 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates on September 9, 2025, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. The public release is scheduled for September 11.
The ACS collects data on topics such as language spoken at home, education, commuting, employment, mortgage status and rent, income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. It is the main source of local estimates for more than 40 topics.
Subscribers to the embargo will have early access to the statistics from September 9 at 10 a.m. until September 11 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time. This data covers all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, congressional districts, metropolitan statistical areas, and other geographic regions with populations of at least 65,000.
Wire services and distribution channels are not allowed to share embargoed news stories or data files before the official public release time. The Census Bureau’s embargo policy provides further guidance on these restrictions.
All related data products—including those on data.census.gov, through the API, summary files, and other tools—will be publicly available by 10 a.m. ET on September 11.
To register for embargo access or find more information about upcoming releases and policies visit https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/embargoed_releases.
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