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National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR)
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Academic Libraries Survey (ALS)
Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS)
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Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE)
Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ)
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
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Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey (BERD)
Business Expenses Supplement (BES)
Business Formation Statistics (BFS)
Business R & D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS)
Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS)
Census of Governments (COG)
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Census of Juveniles in Resident Placement (CJRP)
Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities
Center for Economic Studies (CES)
Center for Enterprise Dissemination (CED)
Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)
Common Core of Data (CCD)
Consolidated Federal Fund Report (CFFR)
Construction Progress Reporting Survey (CPRS)
County Business Patterns (CBP)
Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)
Current Industrial Reports (CIR)
Directory Survey of Local Governments
E-Commerce Statistics (E-STATS)
Economic Census (EC)
Economic Census 2021 Industry Classification Report
Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics (EDGE) Survey
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Export Statistics
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Federal Assistance Awards Data System (FAADS)
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Foreign Trade Statistical Program
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Import Statistics
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey
International Trade Program
Justice Assistance Data Survey
Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts
Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC)
Local Government School System Finance Survey
Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS)
Management and Organizational Practices Survey—Hospitals
Manufactured Homes Survey (MHS)
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey (M3)
Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders (M3UFO) Survey
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)
Manufacturing Technology Survey
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS)
Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS)
Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI)
National Juvenile Justice Directory Program
National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program
National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)
National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
New Residential Construction (NRC)
New Residential Sales (NRS)
Nonemployer Statistics
Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)
Pollution Abatement Costs & Expenditures Survey (PACE)
Property Owners and Managers Survey (POMS)
Public Libraries Survey (PLS)
Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)
Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)
Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue (QTAX)
Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (QPC)
Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions (QSPP)
Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)
Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)
Report of Organization
Service Annual Survey (SAS)
Small Business Lending Survey
Small Business Pulse Survey
State Library Administrative Agencies Survey (SLAA)
Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB)
Survey of Business Owners (SBO)
Survey of Construction (SOC)
Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV)
Survey of State Government Research and Development (SGRD)
The Military Panel
Total Business Ownership by Demographics (TBOD)
Value of Construction Put in Place Survey
Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)

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American Community Survey (ACS)
American Housing Survey (AHS)
American Time Use Survey (ATUS)
Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
Census Household Survey (CHS)
Community Resilience Estimates
Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE)
Current Population Survey (CPS)
Decennial Census
Decennial Census Digitization and Linkage (DCDL) Project
Enhancing Health Data (EHealth) Program
Geographic Support System Initiative (GSS-I)
Geographically Updated Population Certification Program (GUPCP)
Household Pulse Survey
Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)
Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS)
International Programs
Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program
Metropolitan & Micropolitan Program
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
National Household Education Survey (NHES)
National Household Food Study (NHFS)
National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN)
National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH)
National Survey of Children’s Health – Longitudinal Cohort (NSCH-LC)
National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG)
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR)
National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC)
National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
National Training, Education, and Workforce Survey (NTEWS)
New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS)
Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP)
Population Estimates
Population Projections
Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS)
Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS)
Redistricting Data Office (RDO)
Residential Finance Survey (RFS)
School Crime Supplement (SCS)
School District Review Program (SDRP)
School Pulse Panel
School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE)
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Special Census Program
Statistics in Schools
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Survey of Market Absorption of New Multifamily Units (SOMA)
Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)
Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS)
Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (TPOPS)
Tribal Affairs (AIAN) Program
Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP)

Economic Survey/Program

Select Economic Survey/Program

Academic Libraries Survey (ALS)
Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS)
Annual Business Survey (ABS)
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)
Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES)
Annual Parole Survey & Annual Probation Survey
Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE)
Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ)
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (ASPEP)
Annual Survey of Public Pensions (ASPP)
Annual Survey of School System Finances
Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (ALFIN)
Annual Survey of State Government Finances (ASFIN)
Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC)
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)
Building Permits Survey (BPS)
Business and Professional Classification Survey (SQ-CLASS)
Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS)
Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey (BERD)
Business Expenses Supplement (BES)
Business Formation Statistics (BFS)
Business R & D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS)
Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS)
Census of Governments (COG)
Census of Jails (COJ)
Census of Juveniles in Resident Placement (CJRP)
Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities
Center for Economic Studies (CES)
Center for Enterprise Dissemination (CED)
Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)
Common Core of Data (CCD)
Consolidated Federal Fund Report (CFFR)
Construction Progress Reporting Survey (CPRS)
County Business Patterns (CBP)
Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)
Current Industrial Reports (CIR)
Directory Survey of Local Governments
E-Commerce Statistics (E-STATS)
Economic Census (EC)
Economic Census 2021 Industry Classification Report
Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics (EDGE) Survey
Enterprise Statistics Program (ESP)
Export Statistics
Exports from Manufacturing Establishments
Federal Assistance Awards Data System (FAADS)
Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC)
Foreign Trade Statistical Program
Governments Integrated Directory (GID)
Governments Units Survey (GUS)
Import Statistics
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey
International Trade Program
Justice Assistance Data Survey
Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts
Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC)
Local Government School System Finance Survey
Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS)
Management and Organizational Practices Survey—Hospitals
Manufactured Homes Survey (MHS)
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Survey (M3)
Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders (M3UFO) Survey
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)
Manufacturing Technology Survey
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS)
Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS)
Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI)
National Juvenile Justice Directory Program
National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program
National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)
National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)
New Residential Construction (NRC)
New Residential Sales (NRS)
Nonemployer Statistics
Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)
Pollution Abatement Costs & Expenditures Survey (PACE)
Property Owners and Managers Survey (POMS)
Public Libraries Survey (PLS)
Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)
Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)
Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue (QTAX)
Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (QPC)
Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions (QSPP)
Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)
Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)
Report of Organization
Service Annual Survey (SAS)
Small Business Lending Survey
Small Business Pulse Survey
State Library Administrative Agencies Survey (SLAA)
Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB)
Survey of Business Owners (SBO)
Survey of Construction (SOC)
Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV)
Survey of State Government Research and Development (SGRD)
The Military Panel
Total Business Ownership by Demographics (TBOD)
Value of Construction Put in Place Survey
Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)

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