US Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau is the federal statistical agency responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. Established in 1902 and part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Bureau conducts the constitutionally mandated Decennial Census every ten years and dozens of ongoing surveys including the American Community Survey, Economic Census, Population Estimates, Current Population Survey, and Survey of Income and Program Participation. The Census Bureau exposes its statistics through the Census Data API (over 1,700 datasets), the Microdata API for PUMS tabulation, the TIGERweb geospatial REST services, and the Geocoding Services API — all free, requiring only a free API key for the data endpoints and released into the public domain under CC0.
US Census Bureau publishes 19 APIs on the APIs.io network, including 2010 API, 2020 API, ACS API, and 16 more. Tagged areas include Government, Federal, Demographics, Statistics, and Economics.
The US Census Bureau catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
US Census Bureau’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, changelog, tooling, and 24 more developer resources.
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APIs 19
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
US Census Bureau 2010 API
The 2010 API from US Census Bureau — 1 operation(s) for 2010.
US Census Bureau 2020 API
The 2020 API from US Census Bureau — 1 operation(s) for 2020.
US Census Bureau ACS API
American Community Survey datasets (1-Year, Supplemental, 5-Year)
US Census Bureau ACS PUMS API
ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (person and household)
US Census Bureau Batch API
Bulk geocoding (up to 10,000 records)
US Census Bureau Catalog API
Service directory
US Census Bureau CPS API
Current Population Survey basic monthly and supplements
US Census Bureau Current API
Current vintage TIGERweb services
US Census Bureau Decennial API
Decennial Census of Population and Housing
US Census Bureau Discovery API
Dataset discovery via the DCAT-compliant catalog
US Census Bureau Economic API
Economic Census, ABS, CBP, NES
US Census Bureau Geographies API
Address to coordinates plus Census geographies
US Census Bureau Locations API
Address to coordinates
US Census Bureau Metadata API
Per-dataset variables, groups, geographies, and examples
US Census Bureau PEP API
Population Estimates Program
US Census Bureau Popclock API
The Popclock API from US Census Bureau — 2 operation(s) for popclock.
US Census Bureau Pulse API
Household Pulse Survey near-real-time experimental data
US Census Bureau SIPP API
Survey of Income and Program Participation panels
US Census Bureau Timeseries API
The Timeseries API from US Census Bureau — 7 operation(s) for timeseries.
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Open Collections 7
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Business Dynamics Statistics API
OPEN COLLECTIONCensus Data API
OPEN COLLECTIONCensus Geocoding Services API
OPEN COLLECTIONInternational Trade API
OPEN COLLECTIONCensus Microdata API
OPEN COLLECTIONPopulation Clock API
OPEN COLLECTIONTIGERweb REST Services
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Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Us Census Bureau Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFeatures 24
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Us Census Bureau Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
US Census Bureau API Rules
SPECTRALUS Census Bureau API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 2
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
CensusDataRow
JSON SCHEMACensusDatasetMetadata
JSON SCHEMAJSON Structure 1
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Census Data Row Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 4
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Census Acs5 Get Example
EXAMPLECensus Pums Tabulate Example
EXAMPLESecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 10
Reference material describing how the API behaves
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Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type