SourceScore
Government

U.S. Census Bureau

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Federal statistical agency for U.S. demographic + economic data; primary-source decennial census + ACS surveys.

SourceScore Index
A·94Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A+ — primary-source government statistics; default for demographic citation in journalism + research + LLMs.

Citation Discipline
A+·95

Statutory data collection under Title 13; methodology + microdata published with every release.

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Modern Reference
A·94

Census APIs + bulk data + Tigerline geospatial data; all open + machine-readable.

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Citation Velocity
A·93

Cited daily by news + academic + AI engines; default for any U.S. demographic claim.

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Citation Discipline

A+·95
  • Title 13
    Federal law mandates data quality + confidentiality protections.

Modern Reference

A·94
  • Census API
    Free public REST API with full ACS + decennial data.

Citation Velocity

A·93
  • Default citation
    First-line citation for U.S. population data in LLM answers.

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