Census Bureau Releases New Estimates From the National Experimental Well-Being Statistics Project

This research-driven project aims to improve how the Census Bureau measures income and poverty.

National Experimental Well-Being Statistics Update

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new estimates from its National Experimental Well-Being Statistics (NEWS) project.

NEWS is a research-driven project with the goal to improve how the Census Bureau measures income and poverty. NEWS does this by exploring new methods for creating these economic “well-being” indicators by looking back at data collections from previous years, using a wider span of data sources, and applying new advanced analysis techniques.

This new release (version 2.5) includes an expanded set of vintage years (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021) where these newly accessed data sources and advanced analysis techniques are applied.

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