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On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Bureau of the Census will begin collecting demographic data for the 2020 Census, as directed by the U. S. Constitution. Initial preparation for a decennial census can begin up to a year and a half prior to the actual Census Day (April 1) and involves thousands of temporary workers conducting address canvassing and follow-up. Short-term field operations can also have very dynamic staffing levels that vary from day to day. During the various phases of a decennial census, the temporary and intermittent nature of the work can result in a significant impact on monthly employment estimates, as measured by the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey. Hiring for the census is reflected in data for federal government, excluding U.S. postal service. Aggregate industries impacted by census temporary and intermittent worker hiring include federal government, government and total nonfarm. The following chart and tables detail the impact of the 2020 Census on CES Federal government, excluding postal service employment estimates.
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 |
Level | 4 | 15 | 68 | 153 | 335 | 251 | 179 | 81 | 44 | 27 | 19 | 13 |
Change | +4 | +11 | +53 | +85 | +182 | -84 | -72 | -98 | -37 | -16 | -8 | -7 |
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 |
Level | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 20 | |||
Change | +1 | +2 | 0 | -1 | +12 | -3 | +17 | +12 | -22 | ||||
1999 |
Level | 23 | 40 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
Change | +4 | +17 | -2 | -16 | -14 | +1 | +2 | +6 | +1 | -7 | 1 | 2 | |
2000 |
Level | 32 | 59 | 154 | 181 | 530 | 305 | 232 | 146 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Change | +17 | +27 | +95 | +28 | +348 | -225 | -73 | -86 | -122 | -12 | -6 | -4 | |
2001 |
Level | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Change | +1 | 0 | -1 |
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 |
Level | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Change | +1 | +2 | |||||||||||
2009 |
Level | 5 | 6 | 12 | 126C | 69C | 9C | 4C | 5 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
Change | +2 | +2 | +5 | +114 | -57 | -60 | -5 | +1 | +3 | +9 | -4 | +2 | |
2010 |
Level | 24 | 39 | 87 | 154 | 564 | 339 | 196 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Change | +9 | +15 | +48 | +66 | +411 | -225 | -143 | -114 | -77 | -5 | -1 | 0 | |
2011 |
Level | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Change | +1 | +2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Level | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Change | 0 | +1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2019 |
Level | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
Change | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | +24 | +1 | -20 | -4 | +3 | |
2020 | Level | 13 | 20 | 37 | 42 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 288 | 247 | 99 | 6 | 3 |
Change | +5 | +7 | +17 | +4 | -15 | -4 | +27 | +238 | -41 | -147 | -93 | -3 | |
2021 | Level | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Change | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 |
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 |
Level | 2269 | 2264 | 2296 | 2277 | 2272 | 2254 | 2269 | 2267 | 2268 | 2264 | 2267 | 2285 |
Change | +5 | -5 | +32 | -19 | -5 | -18 | +15 | -2 | +2 | -4 | +3 | +19 |
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 |
Level | 1880 | 1886 | 1880 | 1890 | 1881 | 1876 | 1860 | 1856 | 1866 | |||
Change | -13 | +6 | -6 | +10 | -9 | -5 | -16 | -4 | +11 | ||||
1999 |
Level | 1851 | 1842 | 1839 | 1862 | 1865 | 1867 | 1864 | 1869 | 1864 | 1872 | 1869 | 1866 |
Change | -15 | -9 | -4 | 23 | +4 | +2 | -3 | +5 | -6 | +9 | -3 | -3 | |
2000 |
Level | 1855 | 1857 | 1848 | 1846 | 1834 | 1821 | 1832 | 1833 | 1844 | 1847 | 1852 | 1865 |
Change | -11 | +1 | -9 | -2 | -12 | -13 | +11 | +1 | +11 | +3 | +5 | +13 | |
2001 |
Level | 1872 | 1869 | 1876 | |||||||||
Change | +7 | -2 | +7 |
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 |
Level | 2044 | 2047 | ||||||||||
Change | +9 | +3 | |||||||||||
2009 |
Level | 2055 | 2062 | 2063 | 2075 | 2083 | 2100 | 2116 | 2125 | 2129 | 2140 | 2146 | 2155 |
Change | +8 | +8 | +1 | +12 | +8 | +17 | +16 | +9 | +4 | +11 | +6 | +9 | |
2010 |
Level | 2160 | 2165 | 2172 | 2169 | 2193 | 2195 | 2200 | 2207 | 2208 | 2213 | 2216 | 2221 |
Change | +5 | +5 | +7 | -2 | +24 | +2 | +6 | +6 | +2 | +5 | +3 | +6 | |
2011 |
Level | 2228 | 2230 | 2234 | 2234 | 2235 | 2229 | ||||||
Change | +7 | +2 | +4 | 0 | +1 | -6 |
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Level | 2199 | 2199 | ||||||||||
Change | 0 | +1 | |||||||||||
2019 |
Level | 2203 | 2205 | 2204 | 2215 | 2217 | 2222 | 2221 | 2221 | 2218 | 2221 | 2230 | 2226 |
Change | +4 | +2 | -1 | +11 | +3 | +5 | -1 | 0 | -3 | +3 | +9 | -5 | |
2020 | Level | 2235 | 2241 | 2242 | 2237 | 2247 | 2252 | 2259 | 2263 | 2270 | 2276 | 2280 | 2284 |
Change | +9 | +7 | 0 | -4 | +10 | +5 | +7 | +4 | +7 | +6 | +5 | +3 | |
2021 | Level | 2277 | 2277 | 2280 | 2282 | 2287 | 2278 | 2276 | 2279 | 2280 | 2280 | 2275 | |
Change | -6 | 0 | +3 | +2 | +5 | -9 | -3 | +4 | +1 | 0 | -5 |
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Last Modified Date: March 4, 2022