Census Bureau Scraper
Spider read census.gov in 298 ms without a browser and returned 153 lines of clean markdown.
Looking to Dive Deeper into Census Bureau Data?Census data covers dozen of topics across it's surveys and programs. Get in the weeds with more than 2.5 million tables of raw data, maps, profiles, and more at data.census.gov — the Census Bureau’s premiere data dissemination platform.View All U.S. Economic Indicators**Recent updates, news, events and more.Press Release 2024 County Uninsured Rate Estimates August 06, 2026 New SAHIE data show uninsured rates declined in 65 counties and increased in 427 counties between 2023 and 2024. **Press Release The U.S. Census Bureau Releases Schedule for IPHI August 04, 2026 The Census Bureau is set to release the 2025 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance statistics from the CPS ASEC. **Press Release Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release — July 30, 2026 July 30, 2026 The Business Trends and Outlook Survey provides timely data for key economic measures and business expectations about future conditions. **Random Samplings Blog The Census Bureau Higher Education Consortium Launches July 23, 2026 The CBHEC is a collaborative effort by the Census Bureau and academia to develop innovators to meet the nation’s statistical needs. **Press Release New Data Tables From Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey July 23, 2026 New data tables released about employment, social connectedness, and other topics from the experimental HTOPS. **America Counts: Stories Behind the NumbersWe feature stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, the economy, emergency management, and population.Business and Economy New Ways to Access One-of-a-Kind Data August 06, 2026 The Annual Integrated Economic Survey expands how users can access economic data by industry and geography. **The same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on census.gov.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045223");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045223");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const facts = [];
document.querySelectorAll("table tbody tr").forEach(el => {
const label = el.querySelector("th")?.textContent?.trim();
const value = el.querySelector("td")?.textContent?.trim();
if (label && value) facts.push({ label, value });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: facts.length, facts: facts.slice(0, 20) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What census.gov costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000551 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.