Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

Calendar of Events

• 11/5/2026: 2024 LODES Data Released, OnTheMap Updated
  The U.S. Census Bureau released an updated version of the LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) data product today. The 8.5 version of LODES adds data for 2024. The OnTheMap application has been updated to include these new LODES tabulations and now contains 23 years of data (2002-2024). Data for 2024 does not contain information on Alaska and Michigan workers. These data may be added in the future. The underlying geography in OnTheMap has also been updated to the TIGER 2025 vintage.

  LODES data files can be accessed at lehd.ces.census.gov/data/#lodes or the LED Extraction Tool. An updated technical document can be found at lehd.ces.census.gov/doc/help/onthemap/LODESTechDoc.pdf (394 KB). OnTheMap can be accessed via the Application links at lehd.ces.census.gov or directly at onthemap.ces.census.gov. For additional information about OnTheMap and LODES, go to lehd.ces.census.gov/applications/help/onthemap.html.

  The data and data tools are supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. Comments should be sent to CES.OnTheMap.Feedback@census.gov.

• 10/21/2026: LEHD Website Functions Offline for Maintenance
  Due to recently discovered vulnerabilities, the What's New announcements, Webinars information, and LED in Action pages have been disabled. You may see "[an error occurred while processing this directive]" in certain locations throughout the LEHD website. We are actively working on a resolution and hope to have these features of the website functional in the near future.

About Us

The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program is part of the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau. The LEHD program produces cost effective, public-use information combining federal, state and Census Bureau data on employers and employees under the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership. State and local authorities increasingly need detailed local information about their economies to make informed decisions. The LED Partnership works to fill critical data gaps and provide indicators needed by state and local authorities.

Under the LED Partnership, states agree to share Unemployment Insurance earnings data and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data with the Census Bureau. The LEHD program combines these administrative data, additional administrative data and data from censuses and surveys. From these data, the program creates statistics on employment, earnings, and job flows at detailed levels of geography and industry and for different demographic groups. In addition, the LEHD program uses these data to create partially synthetic data on workers' residential patterns.

All fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands may participate in the LED Partnership. Composition of the LED Partnership can vary as each eligible member determines their participation and/or navigates the agreement process. The LED Partnership Map provides the most current LED Partnership status.

The LEHD program staff includes geographers, programmers, and economists. Our mission is to provide new dynamic information on workers, employers, and jobs with state-of-the-art confidentiality protections and no additional data collection burden. See this one-page document on LED [an error occurred while processing this directive] for more information.

Contact information

LEHD Data Uses in Local Analysis and Decision Making

[an error occurred while processing this directive]