APDU Weekly – February 10, 2022

February 10, 2022

FEATURES

Census Bureau Update on 2016–2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates

On March 17, the U.S. Census Bureau will release the standard, full suite of 2016–2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data products—down to the block group level. Following pandemic-related data collection disruptions, the Census Bureau revised its methodology to reduce nonresponse bias in data collected in 2020. After evaluating the effectiveness of this methodology, the Census Bureau determined the resulting data are fit for public release, government and business uses, and understanding the social and economic characteristics of the U.S. population and economy. Read more here.

18 Days Left – Submit Your Proposals Today!

A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All

APDU is welcoming proposals for the Data Symposium 2022, A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All, (May 3 – 4, 2022). With economic, public health, and governance challenges arising from COVID-19 and political polarization, trustworthy public data is vital to open and honest policy debates. APDU is interested in proposals with specific state and local examples.

NEWS

The U.S. Census’s 72-Year Confidentiality Rule Has a Strange History

How Child Tax Credit Payments Helped These Families Stay Afloat

Car Prices Drive Up Borrowing

International Migration to the U.S. Plummeted Last Year, Census Finds

Searching for Maximum Employment

Strong U.S. Wholesale Inventories Point To Upward Fourth Quarter GDP Growth Revision

COVID-19 NEWS

Occupational Segregation Left Workers of Color Especially Vulnerable to COVID-19 Job Losses

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

New Data Infrastructure Initiative Will Accelerate the Advancement and Impacts of Social and Behavioral Research

DATA VISUALIZATION

How Much Debt Is Too Much? Government Debt by Country

UPCOMING WEBINARS

LED Webinar

Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Travel, Tourism, Outdoor Recreation Varied Widely Across States and Demographic Groups

February 16, 2022

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Save the Date

Please note there is no registration for this webinar. The add to calendar feature will remind you when it’s about to begin.

DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• 69 Percent of Civilian Workers With Paid Sick Leave Received a Fixed Number of Days in 2021
• Employment up by 467,000 in January 2022, Down by 2.9 Million Since February 2020
• Expected Pandemic-Driven Employment Changes: A Comparison of 2019–29 and 2020–30 Projection Sets
• Nonfarm Business Sector Productivity Grew 1.9 Percent in 2021

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• COVID-19 Associated With Largest Year-Over-Year Decline of GDP Attributed to the Final Demand for Transportation
• U.S. Airlines’ 2021 Total Fuel Use Decreases 25% From Pre-Pandemic 2019; December 2021 Fuel Use Down 13% From December 2019
• U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Add 20,049 Jobs in December 2021, Reaching COVID-19 Pandemic High; Employment Remains 2.9% Below Pre-pandemic December 2019
• U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate Increases to 4.7% In January 2022; Remains Above Pre-Pandemic Level of 3.4% In January 2020

Census Bureau

• 2020 County Business Patterns ‘First Look’ Data Available
• Census Bureau Releases New Report on Living Arrangements of Children
• Children Living With at Least One Foreign-Born Parent More Likely to Live With Two Parents Than Children With Native-Born Parents
• Income Sources of Older Households
• New Tech, New Math, New Methods in Massive Upgrade of Census Bureau Construction Programs
• Tailgaters Rejoice! Census Bureau Has Data on Snack Food Manufacturers, Sales of Popular Snacks

Economic Research Service

• Organic Feed Grains and Livestock: Factors That Influence Outcomes in Thinly Traded Markets

Energy Information Administration

• IEO2021 Issues in Focus: Uncertainty in Coal Trade in India and Greater Southeast Asia

National Center for Education Statistics

• Black or African American Teachers: Background and School Settings in 2017-18

National Center for Health Statistics

• Births: Final Data for 2020

Social Security Administration Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

• Improving County-Level Earnings Estimates With a New Methodology for Assigning Geographic and Demographic Information to U.S. Workers
• Where Is Information About Social Security Retirement Benefits Provided to the Public? An Initial Assessment

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings Institution

• For the First Time, the Government Published Monthly Unemployment Data on Native Americans, and the Picture Is Stark

Center for American Progress

• COVID-19 Likely Resulted in 1.2 Million More Disabled People by the End of 2021—Workplaces and Policy Will Need to Adapt

Pew Charitable Trusts

• Redesigned Income-Driven Repayment Plans Could Help Struggling Student Loan Borrowers

FEDERAL RULEMAKING AND CALLS FOR COMMENT

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. 

Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Sharing Program (March 14, 2022)
• Occupational Requirements Survey (March 10, 2022)