Accessibility

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We want everyone to be able to use the Census, including people who use screen readers, keyboards, magnification or other assistive technology. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA.

What we do

• Pages use headings, landmarks, labeled controls and a skip link. Links, buttons, menus, sliders and forms work with a keyboard and show a visible focus outline.
• Every map, chart and animation has a text description, and its figures are also available as text, either in a table or list on the same page or in the linked project list and state pages.
• Project status is always shown in words as well as color in lists, tables and pop-ups.
• Animations respect your device’s reduced-motion setting and have pause and replay controls; the live counter can be paused.
• We check text contrast in light and dark modes.

Known limitations

• Interactive maps use a third-party map library and map images that screen readers cannot fully describe. The same projects, with their locations, are listed in text in the project list and on each state page, linked from the maps.
• Pop-up details on animated maps appear on hover or tap. The same details are in the tables on each page.
• Many sources we link to, such as government PDFs, are published by others and may not be accessible. We can’t change them, but we can help you find the information they contain.

Tell us about a problem

If something on the site is hard to use, email [email protected] with the page address and what happened. We will respond, fix what we can, and provide the information in another format in the meantime.