# US Census Bureau Data API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/census-bureau-api/  
**Provider:** US Department of Commerce — https://apis.io/providers/us-department-of-commerce/  
**Documentation:** https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets.html

US Census Bureau Data API is one of 9 APIs that [US Department of Commerce](https://apis.io/providers/us-department-of-commerce/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Census, Demographics, Economic Data, and Federal-Government. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Census Bureau's Data API provides access to a broad range of demographic, economic, and geographic datasets including the American Community Survey, Decennial Census, Economic Census, and specialized surveys covering population, housing, income, employment, and trade data.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets.html
- **OpenData** — https://api.census.gov/data.json
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-department-of-commerce/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other US Department of Commerce APIs (8)

- [Bureau of Economic Analysis API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/bea-api/)
- [International Trade Administration Trade Data API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/ita-trade-api/)
- [NOAA Climate and Weather API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/noaa-api/)
- [NIST Data Discovery API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/nist-api/)
- [Commerce Data Hub Open Data Portal API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/commerce-data-hub-api/)
- [US Department of Commerce Blogs API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/us-department-of-commerce-blogs-api/)
- [US Department of Commerce Images API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/us-department-of-commerce-images-api/)
- [US Department of Commerce News API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/us-department-of-commerce-news-api/)

## Tags

Census, Demographics, Economic Data, Federal-Government

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