The CPS 2025 November monthly data are now available on IPUMS CPS 🎉 CPS data collection and processing were among the many U.S. government programs and services interrupted by the October 1-November 12, 2025 U.S. government shutdown. Learn more: blog.popdata.org/2025-u-s-gov...

A lot happened in 2025 - but we remain committed to service through our open-access database to help power critical research in migration, urban planning, public health, and economic development. geospatialworld.net/videos/ipums...

Neat visualization ⚡#poweredbyIPUMS ATUS 👇

🚨New Data alert! 🚨 The 2024 1-year ACS PUMS data are now available via IPUMS USA, and IPUMS NHGIS recently released the summary file data.

We are eagerly awaiting Census Bureau's release of the November 2025 basic monthly and keeping tabs on anything special that users should know about.

We know you are all doing extraordinary work #poweredbyIPUMS - and we want to reward it! The annual research awards competition is now open - submit a nomination today! 🏆 (Did we mention the cash prizes? 💸) www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...

Last call: Join our webinar "Beyond the PUMA: Supplemental Geography in ACS Microdata from IPUMS USA" starting today at 1:00 PM CT z.umn.edu/IPUMS-USA-We...

The September Basic Monthly Survey is now available via IPUMS CPS, as well as exciting data from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy extending the Supplemental Poverty Measure reaching back to 1968. Explore it all at cps.ipums.org/cps/

IPUMS IHGIS has released population censuses for Azerbaijan 2009, Kenya 2019, and Nigeria 2006, and agricultural census data for South Africa 2007. The Azerbaijan data had never before been digitized, and the Nigeria data are the first IPUMS census data for the country. Find it at ihgis.ipums.org

New blog post from IPUMS DHS! This post goes more in depth on using a comparable measure of dietary diversity in a multilevel model using DHS data. Check it out at tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

Join us for Virtual Office Hours TOMORROW (11/18) from 10:30am-12:00pm CT. You'll have the chance to connect with IPUMS data experts and get your questions answered. Pop in anytime, but registration is required: z.umn.edu/IPUMS-VOH

SSHA is this week - we are excited to be attending!

Time diary data have boundless potential for research hinging on understanding human behavior, but the data are complex! New pub w/@sarahflood.bsky.social, @juliariveradrew.bsky.social & Liana Sayer "Increasing the Usability of the American Time Use Survey: IPUMS ATUS" www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10...

Pleased to be part of the history making "IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data" special issue in Historical Methods 58(4). @ipums.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @mattanelson.bsky.social @juliariveradrew.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/vhim20/5...

IPUMS USA has released a new geographic variable, METPOP20, which identifies the size of respondents' commuting system and provides a continuous index of urban/rural status. This release has updates to other metropolitan area, utility cost, property tax, and multigenerational household variables.

New blog post from IPUMS DHS on how to create forecasts of child nutrition using DHS, CHIRTS, and CHC-CMIP6 data - check it out at tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

Upcoming deadlines for responding to the USDA termination of the CPS Food Security supplement. ➡️TODAY: submit a comment on the importance of these data: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ➡TOMORROW: sign onto the @popassocamerica.bsky.social letter: form.jotform.com/252865538947...

IPUMS MEPS (Medical Expenditure Household Survey) now offers 1,100 new variables from the 2023 survey. Easily accessible! @ipums.bsky.social @umn-idim.bsky.social View data here: meps.ipums.org/meps/

Did you hear the USDA plans to cease data collection for the CPS Food Security supplement? We have a blog post to give you more information. If you want to sign a letter asking for data collection to continue, see the threaded opportunities below. blog.popdata.org/food-securit...

Our home Institute is hiring! They are actively recruiting for a Program Coordinator and a Communications Manager for the newly launching NIA Demography and Economics on Aging Coordinator Center. Learn more about both positions and apply: isrdi.umn.edu/employment

Two out of three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics appear in the IPUMS Bibliography. If it's good enough for nobel prize winners... www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...

Just sayin' 😉

🌟 New Data alert! 🌟 IPUMS MEPS now includes data from the 2023 sample; over 1,100 variables from the Full Year Consolidated, Condition, Event, Prescribed Medicine, Appendix to the Event, and Pooled Variance files. New variables include data about COVID-19 on the round record. meps.ipums.org/meps/

We are looking forward to the Beyond the Numbers conference at the St. Louis Fed on November 12 - 14. Don't forget the registration deadline is November 5th! Learn all about it at events.stlouisfed.org/event/aaa3bc...

🌟🏠 New household and female data are now available for six countries on IPUMS PMA: Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, and Nigeria. Find it at pma.ipums.org/pma/ 🌟🏠

New IHGIS data provide a time series of six Ireland population censuses covering 1966-1991, plus population censuses for Chad 2009, Jordan 2015, and Zambia 2000. All 8 new datasets have data to at least the third administrative level. ihgis.ipums.org

Check out this new blog post from IPMUS DHS showing users how to access and use climate scenario data for child health research! tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

New blog post from IPUMS DHS on dietary diversity and spatial analysis - check it out at tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

Day 2 of the Data-Intensive Research Conference is full of so many great talks. So invigorating to be surrounded by so many smart and passionate people! @ipums.bsky.social

Day two of the Data-Intensive Research Conference is officially underway (thanks @hpostel.bsky.social for kicking us off)! @ipums.bsky.social @umnlifecourse.bsky.social

Wonderful lunch and keynote today at the Data-Intensive Research Conference @umnlifecourse.bsky.social

Off to a great start here at the Data-Intensive Research Conference! @umnlifecourse.bsky.social

Today is going to be an IPUMStastic day 💙 @ipums.bsky.social @umnlifecourse.bsky.social

We are already off to an amazing start! lcc.umn.edu/DIRC

The 2024 NHIS data are now available through IPUMS NHIS, with updates to nearly 700 existing variables from core and rotating sections, along with new variables on loneliness, long COVID, and GLP medication intake. nhis.ipums.org/nhis/

IPUMS MEPS added over 120 new integrated variables across sample years. Find new variables related to spouse, language spoken at home, asthma, disabilities, preventative care, health insurance, home health care events, and dental events at www.meps.ipums.org/meps.

Have you seen the IPUMS Research Award winners yet? 🏆The awards showcase the large range of questions and policies that can be measured, studied, and understood using IPUMS. Check it out at www.ipums.org/ipums-center...

You won't want to miss this great conference. Come and join us!

📣 New data from IPUMS MTUS is now available! 📣 We've released time use data for two new samples, Canada 1992 and Argentina 2021, and updated data on ten existing samples. Find it all at www.mtusdata.org/mtus/

The IPUMS API now includes support for metadata browsing and data extracts for IPUMS IHGIS, as do ipumspy and ipumsr. Find them at tech.popdata.org/ipumsr and ipumspy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

In this post in our series on climate and population projections we demonstrate how to generate fertility rates and to project a population using the DHS, a vital data source in many low-and middle-income countries. tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

This is the last day (5/16) to complete the IPUMS Data User Survey! Please take a few minutes to tell us what you love about IPUMS and what ideas you have for improvement. Your response helps us report to funders and plan for the future. z.umn.edu/IPUMS-Survey

We are so honored to be recognized as the Research, Science & Technology Institution of the Year at the Geospatial World Leadership Awards. We're committed democratizing access to global population data and advancing geospatial research. geospatialworld.net/news/press-r...

What is going on with the weighted counts in the January 2025 CPS? Find out in our latest blog post: blog.popdata.org/weighted-cou...

New data from IPUMS PMA is now available! ✨ We've added 12 new service delivery point samples from Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, India, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda. Find it all at pma.ipums.org.

While we are known for leading the way in expanding digital access to integrated census and survey records from around the world - did you know we also have a physical archive? We recently moved it here to IPUMS HQ. Share the data preservation love ❤️

Stop by and see us at the SRCD Conference in Minneapolis! We have a booth in the exhibit hall and we are holding a workshop on Saturday - "Free Harmonized Data for Measuring International Child Development with IPUMS Global Health and Census Datasets". www.ipums.org/about/events

Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the United Nations Statistics Division DHS impact survey (form.jotform.com/250913880478...) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate.

IPUMS microdata access sites are down for scheduled maintenance this morning. This affects IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS, IPUMS International, IPUMS Global Health, IPUMS Health Surveys, IPUMS Time Use, and IPUMS Higher Ed. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Join us for Virtual Office Hours TODAY (4/16) from 10:00 - 11:30 am CT. You'll have the chance to chat with our IPUMS experts about your questions. Pop in anytime - but registration is required: z.umn.edu/ipums-voh