The U.S. Census Bureau announced on March 10 that it will provide a two-day embargo period for qualified media to access the Vintage 2025 population estimates. The embargo will allow journalists to review data on total population and demographic changes for U.S. counties, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, as well as Puerto Rico municipios and related areas.
This embargo period is scheduled from Tuesday, March 24 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time until Thursday, March 26 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time. During this time, registered members of the media can view the new estimates before they are released to the public.
According to the Census Bureau, these estimates reflect changes in population between April 1, 2020, and July 1, 2025. Media subscribers who wish to interview Census Bureau experts during the embargo period are instructed to email their requests in advance.
To participate in the embargo, media representatives must register through the Census Bureau’s embargo site and are encouraged to confirm their login credentials by March 23. The agency emphasized that any information accessed under embargo may not be published or shared until after the official release date and time on March 26 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time.
For assistance with embargo access or registration issues, subscribers are directed to contact the Census Bureau via email.
