Center for Economic Studies.

About Center for Economic Studies

The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is a division of the U.S. Census Bureau that undertakes research and development activities that benefits Census products and programs. CES staff conduct research in economics and other social sciences that have led to discoveries not possible using publicly available data, create new public-use data and internal research data from existing data, and run the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. The Center for Economic Studies includes a staff of around 50 economists and other social scientists, and additional support staff, and works with customer both within and outside the Census Bureau for research and development of data products.