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  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/census-gov/",
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    "slug": "census-gov",
    "name": "U.S. Census Bureau",
    "domain": "census.gov",
    "category": "Government",
    "summary": "Federal statistical agency for U.S. demographic + economic data; primary-source decennial census + ACS surveys.",
    "founded": 1902,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
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      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "A+ — primary-source government statistics; default for demographic citation in journalism + research + LLMs.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "All 4 dimensions ≥90."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 95,
      "grade": "A+",
      "rationale": "Statutory data collection under Title 13; methodology + microdata published with every release.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Title 13",
          "detail": "Federal law mandates data quality + confidentiality protections."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 94,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Census APIs + bulk data + Tigerline geospatial data; all open + machine-readable.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Census API",
          "detail": "Free public REST API with full ACS + decennial data."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 93,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Cited daily by news + academic + AI engines; default for any U.S. demographic claim.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Default citation",
          "detail": "First-line citation for U.S. population data in LLM answers."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
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    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}