2020 Census Demographic Profile
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About the Demographic Profile
The 2020 Census Demographic Profile provides an overview of demographic and housing characteristics for a specific geography in a single data table:
Subjects: Age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household type, relationship to householder, group quarters population, housing occupancy, and housing tenure.
Lowest level of geography: Census tract.
Which 2020 Census Data Product Should I Use?
It depends on the type of data you need and whether you need those data at lower levels of geography such as census tract or block level.
View a side-by-side overview of these differences in this fact sheet:
Differences Among Demographic Releases
Looking for all the microdata from the 2020 Census?
The 2020 Census Privacy-Protected Microdata File (PPMF) is the only data product that provides all privacy-protected records from the 2020 Census. It incorporates all data included in the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File, DHC, and Demographic Profile.
Access the
PPMF
2020 Census Demographic Profile
It can be a great place to start to get an overview of an area. However, it contains less detailed demographic and housing characteristics data than the DHC and no data for detailed race and ethnicity groups.
Consists of one data table and provides an overview of demographic and housing characteristics for a specific geography.
Demographic Profile data are available down to the census tract level only.
2020 Census DHC
Consists of multiple data tables and provides more detailed data on demographic and housing characteristics than the Demographic Profile. Unlike the Detailed DHC-A, it does not provide data for detailed race and ethnicity groups.
Many DHC tables can be viewed down to the census block level.
The DHC re-releases five of the six 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File tables under the same name. However, the table on total group quarters population by major group quarters type is not re-released in the DHC.
Please note that, when using DHC data, we encourage data users to aggregate small populations and geographies to improve accuracy and diminish implausible results.
Access the
DHC
2020 Census Detailed DHC-A and 2020 Census Detailed DHC-B
Both the Detailed DHC-A and Detailed DHC-B consists of multiple data tables and provide data for detailed race and ethnicity groups. Detailed DHC-A provides population counts and sex-by-age statistics for these groups. Detailed DHC-B provides data on housing type (e.g., family or nonfamily) and tenure (e.g., whether the home is owned or rented) for these groups.
Detailed DHC-A and Detailed DHC-B tables can be viewed down to the census tract level when population thresholds are met.
Please note that, when using Detailed DHC-A and Detailed DHC-B data, data users should exercise caution when creating custom aggregations, adding or subtracting as little as possible to minimize the accumulation of noise across counts. Unlike the DHC and Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171), aggregating populations and geographies will decrease accuracy. View more guidance on working with these data in the
technical documentation
Access the
Detailed DHC-A
and
Detailed DHC-B
2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File
Consists of six tables that together provide summary demographic and housing characteristics for voting age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, housing occupancy status, and group quarters population by major group quarters type. It provides less detailed demographic and housing characteristic data than DHC and no data for detailed race and ethnicity groups.
Data are available down to the block level.
Five of the six Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File tables are also re-released in the DHC under the same table names. The table on total group quarters population by major group quarters type is not re-released in the DHC.
Please note that, when using Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File data, we encourage data users to aggregate small populations and geographies to improve accuracy and diminish implausible results. View more guidance on working with these data in the
technical documentation
Access the
Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File
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Other 2020 Census data products like the DHC and Detailed DHC-A may have the data you’re looking for. They include more detailed demographic, housing, race, and ethnicity data than the Demographic Profile. Access the
DHC
and
Detailed DHC-A
We will also release more detailed demographic and housing data in September 2024. Learn more about the upcoming 2020 Census data releases on the
About 2020 Census Data Products
page.
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The 2020 Census Demographic Profile is very similar to the 2010 Census Demographic Profile. Both are available down to the tract level. The content is the same except for a few statistics related to household size that are planned for inclusion in the Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (S-DHC) instead, which you can learn about on the
About 2020 Census Data Products
page.
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Access Demographic Profile Data
View national and state data
Choose a State to View.
View data for counties, census tracts, and other geographies
Use the selection tool above to select the state where the county, tract, or other geography is located. This will take you to the Demographic Profile for that state. Once there, you can view data for a specific geography by using the Geography filter.
Questions?
Learn how to find, export, and download Demographic Profile data through this
step-by-step guide
Looking for more detailed data?
Check out the
2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)
Technical Documentation and Other Guidance
View Technical Documentation
Information on data collection, confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, subject definitions, and guidance on using the data.
View Additional Data Guidance
Information about how disclosure avoidance is applied to 2020 Census data products.
Data Table Guide
List of data tables, lowest level of geography by table, and table shells for the Demographic Profile.
Data Confidentiality
As with all Census Bureau data products, the Demographic Profile data use disclosure avoidance methods to protect respondent confidentiality. To ensure that no one can link the published data to a specific person or household with any certainty, “statistical noise”— small, random additions or subtractions —was added to the data. The Census Bureau worked closely with the data user community to implement these protections.
The Census Bureau also released metrics to help data users understand the disclosure avoidance-related variability in the Demographic Profile. The 2020 Census is the first to be able to quantify this variability because it uses a more sophisticated approach for disclosure avoidance.
How new disclosure avoidance protections work
Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: The TopDown Algorithm
Why the Census Bureau Chose Differential Privacy
How the statistical noise affects the data
What to Expect: Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File
2020 Census Production Disclosure Avoidance System Detailed Summary Metrics
Explore 2020 Census Data by Topic
Learn more about 2020 Census data through interactive visualizations, maps, America Counts stories, and more. Please note that many of these resources use detailed 2020 Census data available through the
2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)
An Aging U.S. Population With Fewer Children in 2020
2020 Census: 1 in 6 People in the United States Were 65 and Over
Brief "Age and Sex Composition: 2020"
This report presents key findings from the 2020 Census on the age and sex composition of the U.S. population as well as changes between 2010 and 2020.
Brief "The Older Population: 2020"
This report describes the older population of the United States in 2020, with comparisons to the 2000 and 2010 Censuses.
Interactive Population Pyramid: How Has Our Nation’s Population Changed?
View changes by year, race, Hispanic origin, and geography, and download some of the underlying data.
Interactive Map: Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census
View characteristics like population change and the racial and ethnic diversity index for age groups in different geographies.
Age Heaping in the DHC
This blog examines age heaping patterns in the DHC. Age heaping: respondents who do not know exactly how old someone is often guess ages that end in 0 or 5.
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About Race Data
About Hispanic Origin Data
Nearly a Third Reporting Two or More Races Were Under 18 in 2020
Hispanic Population Is Younger But Aging Faster Than Non-Hispanic Population
Supplemental Table 1. Race Reporting Among the Hispanic or Latino Population by Nation, Region, and Puerto Rico: 2010 and 2020
This table presents data on race reporting among the Hispanic or Latino population by nation, regions and Puerto Rico from the 2010 and 2020 Census.
Interactive Population Pyramid: How Has Our Nation’s Population Changed?
View changes by year, race, Hispanic origin, and geography, and download some underlying data.
Interactive Map: Exploring Age Groups in the 2020 Census
View characteristics like population change and the racial and ethnic diversity index for age groups in different geographies.
Note for Data Users:
Comparisons between 2020 Census and 2010 Census race data should be made with caution and take into account
improvements the Census Bureau made
to the Hispanic origin and race questions and the ways it codes what people report in their responses.
Accordingly, data from the 2020 Census show different but reasonable and expected distributions from the 2010 Census for the White alone, Some Other Race alone or in combination and Multiracial populations, especially for people who self-identify as both White and Some Other Race.
These results are not surprising as they align with Census Bureau research this past decade, particularly on the impact of question format on race and ethnicity reporting from the
2015 National Content Test
More Race and Ethnicity Data:
The
2020 Census Detailed DHC-A
provides population counts and sex by age statistics for approximately 370 detailed racial and ethnic groups, such as German, Lebanese, Jamaican, Chinese, Native Hawaiian, and Mexican, as well as about 1,200 detailed American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages, such as the Navajo Nation.
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2020 Census: Family Households Still the Majority
Share of U.S. Coupled Households Declined in 2020
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2020 Census: See a Vacant Home? It May Not be For Sale or Rent
Ranking of Homeownership Rate Differences Between 2010 and 2020 For States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Ranking of the Ten Highest Homeownership Rates in 2020 for Metropolitan or Micropolitan Areas
Ranking of Rental Vacancy Rates in 2020 for the Metropolitan Areas with the Ten Largest Household Populations
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How We Counted Group Quarters in the 2020 Census
Results from the 2020 Census Group Quarters Count Imputation
2020 Census Residence Criteria and Residence Situations
8.2 Million People Counted at U.S. Group Quarters in the 2020 Census
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Other Ways to Explore the Data
Click the map below to view state, county, and census tract-level data on: population, race, Hispanic origin, families and households, housing, and group quarters.
Press Kit
Press Kit
2020 Census Demographic Profile and DHC Press Kit
May 02, 2023
The 2020 Census Demographic Profile and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) provide demographic and housing characteristics of local communities.
Related Information
About 2020 Census Data Products
Information on 2020 Census results, including more detailed population and household statistics.
2020 Census Results
Learn more about the data from the 2020 Census, including detailed demographic and housing data, apportionment counts, and redistricting data.
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