About CensusEasy

Last updated: June 13, 2026

CensusEasy makes US Census data usable. We cover every US state, county, city, ZIP code, and census tract from 1990 to today, and open every place page with a plain-English summary of what the numbers actually mean.

Our Mission

Census data is public, but it has never been easy to use. The Census Bureau's tools are built for researchers, not for the parent trying to understand the neighborhood they're moving into or the journalist trying to explain a demographic shift to readers. CensusEasy takes the raw numbers and turns them into something anyone can actually read.

We cover six geographic levels (states, counties, cities, metro areas, ZIPs, and census tracts), plus neighborhoods in 100 major cities, span more than three decades of surveys and decennial counts, and show every metric in context: ranked against similar places, plotted over time, and explained in plain English.

Who We Are

CensusEasy is a product of 7H Ventures LLC, an independent technology company based in Georgia. We build consumer web platforms that take messy public data and turn it into something people can actually use. We are not a data broker, not affiliated with any government agency, and do not sell personal information.

What We Cover

• States, counties, cities, metro areas, ZIPs, tracts, and neighborhoods. 150,000+ places, each with a full demographic profile, plus about 2,360 named neighborhoods across 100 cities.
• 35+ years of data. ACS 5-year estimates going back to 2009, decennial Census counts from 1990 through 2020, and Vintage 2025 Population Estimates for the largest places as the Census Bureau releases them.
• 60+ metrics. Population, income, poverty, employment, education, housing, race, age, commute, and more, each presented in context.
• Rankings. Every place ranked against every other place at the same geographic level, updated when new ACS releases arrive.
• Names. How common any US last name or first name is, with its race and Hispanic-origin breakdown, the most common and most distinctive surnames by group, popularity by state and over time since 1880, and a full-name estimator, all from the public-domain Census Bureau name files.
• Detailed origins and ancestry. Population by specific origin and ancestry (Korean, Mexican, Italian, and about 115 more groups) for states, counties, cities, and metros.
• CensusEasy Scores. Four original indices we compute from the underlying data: the Diversity, Affordability, Segregation, and Gentrification Scores, each ranked across places and explained in our methodology.
• Studies. Long-form data journalism under the CensusEasy Data Team byline, tracing how places changed over decades, each paired with a downloadable dataset.
• Plain-English summaries. Each place page opens with a short summary that tells you what the numbers mean, not just what they are.
• Inflation-adjusted dollars. Income, home value, and rent shown in both nominal and real 2024 dollars using BLS CPI-U, so comparisons across decades are honest.

Where the Data Comes From

Current demographic data comes from the American Community Survey 5-year estimates, released annually by the Census Bureau via the Census Data API. Historical decennial data (1990 through 2020) comes directly from the Census Bureau's public-domain summary tape files. Inflation adjustments use the BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). All source data is in the public domain. The CensusEasy Scores are our own analytical indices, computed from this public data using methodologies we document at /methodology: the source inputs are public domain, while the scoring methods and the resulting values are our original work.

Contact

General inquiries: [email protected]. Legal matters: [email protected]. Corporate: 7hvc.com.