---
title: "Census Website Closed, But Census Data Can Be Obtained"
description: "This posting links to a FactTank article about how to obtain census data even though federal websites are closed because of the government shutdown."
date: "2013-10-08"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/10/08/census-website-closed-but-census-data-can-be-obtained/"
---

# Census Website Closed, But Census Data Can Be Obtained

Among [the many data casualties](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/10/02/federal-government-shutdown-the-data-casualties/) that have resulted from the federal government shutdown is the shuttered U.S. Census Bureau website, which is critical for many people, from demographers to journalists. But with a little digging, fellow data users, we’ve found that there are still several ways to access government data. [Read more at FactTank](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2013/10/08/how-to-get-census-data-during-the-government-shutdown/).