In 1988, the National Urban League worked with the U.S. Census bureau to create the Census Information Center (CIC) program. It was one of the five original CIC's, designed to expand access to Census information for underserved communities. Today the program includes over 50 other organizations across the country. The National Urban League's center is located in its Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. This center serves as a resource for the National Urban League and its hundred-plus affiliates to access Census and other relevant information.

Please see the Policy Institute’s publications page for NUL fact sheets and reports that use Census data.

For more information, please contact Mark McArdle, Census Information Center coordinator, at (202) 898-1698, x20.

Recent Census Releases

• More Than 300 Counties Now Majority-Minority (August 9, 2007)
• Minority Population Tops 100 Million (May 17, 2007)
• Census Releases New Population Profiles for African-Americans and Other Groups (November 14, 2006)
• 2002 Survey of Business Owners (September 4, 2006)
• Census Releases Estimates of Population by Race for States and Counties (August 4, 2006)
• Nation's Population One-Third Minority (May 10, 2006)
• Number of Black-Owned Firms up 45% (April 18, 2006)

Census Data Links

• African American Fact Sheet
• Links to Data on African Americans
• Links to Economic Statistics
• Affiliate City Data (in Microsoft Excel format)