Census State Data Center

Your Local Census Navigator: Training, Support and More! We're here to provide important tools, education, and resources that will help you better understand your communities using Census data.

 

Explore data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey on income, education, employment and more
for all of CT’s towns.

Learn about different sources of population data and find
population estimates
by age, sex, race, and
Hispanic ethnicity.

Explore data from the 2020 Decennial Census on population counts, race and ethnicity, home ownership rates, housing occupancy rates and more for all of CT’s towns.

Learn about recent changes
in how the Census Bureau
protects individuals’ privacy,
how this impacts the
accuracy of the data, and
what this means for data users.

Read our analyses of
data on Connecticut from
the Census Bureau, including
the American Community
Survey and the 2020
Decennial Census.

Access tools to help you work with Census Bureau data, including
cross-walks for matching one
level of geography to another
(e.g., towns to planning regions
or legislative districts)

Featured Project

2020 Demographics and Housing Explorer

The 2020 Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC), released by the U.S. Census Bureau in May 2023, is one of many data products released as part of the 2020 decennial census. The DHC file includes detailed tables on topics such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, along with many topics about households and families. This explorer is for data users to access and explore data found in the DHC file easily.

About The CT SDC

In 1978, the Census State Data Center (SDC) Program began as a cooperative agreement between the states and the U.S. Census Bureau. State Data Centers assist the Census Bureau by disseminating census and other federal statistics. As a Census State Data Center partner, CTData is the local resource to contact with questions about finding and interpreting census data.

As the CT Census State Data Center we:

  • Provide press releases about data trends throughout Connecticut

  • Share tutorials on how to access census data online

  • Answer questions about census data

  • Publicize available datasets through our networks

  • Manage a statewide data portal with accessible data tools

  • Partner with local governments in maintaining proper boundary files at the Census Bureau

  • Advocate for accurate and timely data products