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The American Community Survey in our data tools

January 2023

Find the latest American Community Survey data in all of our tools, including the Economic Profile System and Neighborhoods at Risk.

Match requirements prevent rural and low-capacity communities from accessing climate resilience funding

January 2023

Illustration of money falling into piles over a puddle

Many federal grant programs require communities to provide a local match, creating barriers for rural and underserved places.

A decline in accuracy of equity-related measures in the 2020 American Community Survey

October 2022

Aerial view of people walking with lines connecting them

Due to new methods and pandemic disruption, the 2020 American Community Survey shows some decrease in accuracy for equity-related measures.

Yellowstone Flood reveals Montana’s mobile home flood risk

August 2022

Montana’s mobile home residents face disproportionate flood risk and traditional solutions leave them behind.

Capacity-limited states still struggle to access FEMA BRIC grants

August 2022

Places with lower capacity are failing to get funding through FEMA’s flagship grant program, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC).

Mobile home residents face higher flood risk

February 2022

Mobile homes are the most common unsubsidized, affordable housing in the United States but have disproportionately higher flood risk than other housing types.

A rural capacity map

January 2022

A new map helps identify communities where investments in staffing and expertise are needed to support infrastructure and climate resilience projects.

Improving benefit-cost analyses for rural areas

November 2021

Benefit-cost analysis, required for many federal funding sources, puts smaller, rural, and low-income communities at a disadvantage.

Housing costs broke records across the U.S.

September 2021

Unaffordable housing came to a head during the pandemic as communities across the country saw unprecedented rises in housing costs.

Unaffordability for renters made worse during the pandemic

September 2021

Houses in San Francisco

The unprecedented rise in housing prices since 2020 has affected renters more than homeowners—especially in places that were already unaffordable.

The unequal impacts of wildfire

September 2021

Aerial view of neighborhood destroyed by wildfire.

See where wildfire risk intersects social and economic factors that can make it difficult for people to prepare for, respond to, and recover from wildfire.

Mountain, Midwest, and Gulf States fail to secure FEMA resilience funding

July 2021

Bridge at South Manhattan Ave

Rural and lower capacity communities failed to successfully compete for FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) funding in FY 2020.

How state and local budgets are vulnerable to climate change

May 2021

Flooding in Austin, Minnesota. Photo: Tim Ruzek

Climate change has the potential to destabilize general operating budgets and constrain access to lending markets. These presentations share promising solutions for “climate-proofing” budgets.

Wildfire Risk Report for every U.S. community

February 2021

A new report in our Economic Profile System provides community-level data about wildfire hazard and potentially vulnerable populations.

Census response rates in communities of color

July 2020

People of color are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation.

Census response rates in Asian Communities

July 2020

Asian communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation.

Census response rates in Black Communities

July 2020

Black communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation.

Census response rates in Hispanic and Latino Communities

July 2020

Hispanic and Latino communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation.

Census response rates in Native American Communities

July 2020

American Indian and Alaska Native communities are at a high risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, jeopardizing federal funding, social services, and government representation.

Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations: Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee

June 2020

Wildland firefighters get supplies ready to suppress a wildfire.

Testimony on wildfires and vulnerable populations to a forum before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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