After U.S. Census Bureau
- 24%Joined a startup9
- 21%Joined a big company8
- 55%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave U.S. Census Bureau most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 24% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 1y
Not U.S. Census Bureau's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 48 people on a map of 67,181, No. 502 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 480.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 48% of the people here
- Moved on
- 4492% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1ymiddle half 3m to 2y 6m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Amazon.
38 recorded departures to 37 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them
9%3Amazon
3 of 33 recorded arrivals shown, 30 more from 30 other companies0 of 38 recorded departures shown, 38 more to 37 other companies
How long people stay
50%<1y
21%1-2y
18%2-4y
3%4-7y
8%7y+
38 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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0313
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<3<316
<3<317
5318
4419
10620
0421
3<322
4523
0<324
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 39 joined, 36 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (18).
Titles held here
- Enumerator9
- Civic Digital Fellow3
- Data Science Fellow3
- Geographer3
- Software Engineer3
5 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 23% of people here.
Where they studied
- George Mason12.8%
- University of Maryland10.6%
- MIT6.4%
- UC Berkeley6.4%
- UMBC6.4%
- University of Washington6.4%
The 6 most listed schools among the 47 people here with a school on file.
6 of the 47 people here with a school on file list George Mason, 5 list University of Maryland and 3 list MIT. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
23%have a public GitHub account on their profile
11 of the 48 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
38% of the people who have worked at U.S. Census Bureau and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
U.S. Census Bureau
Everyone on the map
- 38%Washington DC18 · map 13%
- 19%New York9 · map 18%
- 10%SF Bay Area5 · map 41%
- 33%Somewhere else16
All 48 people who worked at U.S. Census Bureau list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at U.S. Census Bureau: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside U.S. Census Bureau, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 48 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at U.S. Census Bureau: 4 are there now, 44 have moved on.
- Most arrive from Amazon: 3 people.
- Median tenure at U.S. Census Bureau: 1y, middle half 3m to 2y 6m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after U.S. Census Bureau, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 24% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 21% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Enumerator, then Civic Digital Fellow.
- Top school: George Mason, listed by 6 of the 47 people here with one on file (12.8%). Then University of Maryland (5).
- 38% of the 48 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 23% of the 48 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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