U.S. Census Bureau sets release of 2025 ACS 1-year estimates

U.S. Census Bureau sets release of 2025 ACS 1-year estimates
2025 ACS data coming

The U.S. Census Bureau is preparing to publish its 2025 American Community Survey 1-year estimates and 1-year Supplemental Estimates on Oct. 29. The release covers states, Puerto Rico, congressional districts and other qualifying geographies, extending local data on population, housing and income-related indicators.

Highlights

  • The U.S. Census Bureau will publicly release the 2025 ACS 1-year estimates at 10 a.m. ET on October 29, with embargo lifting at 12:01 a.m. ET.
  • A prerelease webinar on October 22 at 1 p.m. ET will provide guidance on accessing ACS data and comparing geographic and temporal statistics.
  • The ACS 1-year estimates cover areas with populations of 65,000 or more, with supplemental data for locations of at least 20,000 residents.

Release schedule and data access

As announced by the U.S. Census Bureau, embargo subscribers will receive access to the statistics from Oct. 27 at 10 a.m. ET until Oct. 29 at 12:01 a.m. ET, before the public release later that morning. All datasets are scheduled to become publicly available by 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 29.

Before the release, the agency is holding a prerelease webinar on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. ET. The session is set to explain how to access ACS data and related resources, and to offer guidance on comparing geographies and statistics over time.

The publication thresholds differ by product. The ACS 1-year estimates cover areas with populations of 65,000 or more, while the 1-year Supplemental Estimates apply to areas with populations of 20,000 or more.

Local data role across housing and labor metrics

The ACS provides a broad set of statistics on the nation’s people and housing, including language spoken at home, education, commuting, employment, mortgage status, rent, income, poverty and health insurance coverage.

The survey remains the only source of local estimates for most of the more than 40 topics it tracks, making the annual release a key data input for public agencies, researchers, businesses and regional planners. The Census Bureau also states that wire and distribution services are barred from distributing embargoed stories or data files before the official public release time.

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