The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy. We honor privacy, protect confidentiality, share our expertise globally, and conduct our work openly. We are guided on this mission by our strong and capable workforce, our readiness to innovate, and our abiding commitment to our customers.

The Census Bureau headquarters staff, which moved to Suitland, Md., in 1942, is currently about 4,285, and has occupied a minimum of two buildings in the Suitland federal complex ever since.