SourceScore
VELOCITY · 35% of composite

U.S. Census Bureau Velocity

census.gov · Government

Citation Velocity tracks how often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite a source per week. The most volatile of the three sub-scores; refreshes most frequently.

A·93
A · 93

Cited daily by news + academic + AI engines; default for any U.S. demographic claim.

What drives this Velocity score

  • Default citation
    First-line citation for U.S. population data in LLM answers.
Global rank
#11 of 130
By Velocity across all SourceScore sources
In-category rank
#7 of 30
Among government sources
Vs. averages
Cat. mean: 88
Global mean: 81
+5 above category

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