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Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

search.census.gov

Census.gov

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

36 ms

Resources Loaded

3.2 sec

Page Rendered

284 ms

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About Website

Visit search.census.gov now to see the best up-to-date Search Census content for United States and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about search.census.gov

The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Search.census.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 36 ms and then it took 3.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

search.census.gov performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.0 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.1 s

14/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value680 ms

44/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.787

5/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

search.census.gov

36 ms

www.census.gov

292 ms

bootstrap.min.css

41 ms

jquery.min.css

39 ms

clientlibs.min.css

109 ms

Our browser made a total of 115 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Search.census.gov, 90% (104 requests) were made to Census.gov and 3% (4 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.4 sec) relates to the external source Census.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (58%)

Content Size

2.3 MB

After Optimization

962.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Search.census.gov main page is 2.3 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 237.3 kB

  • Original 268.0 kB
  • After minification 200.3 kB
  • After compression 30.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 67.7 kB, which is 25% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 237.3 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-12%

Potential reduce by 64.9 kB

  • Original 555.5 kB
  • After minification 490.6 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Search Census needs image optimization as it can save up to 64.9 kB or 12% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 791.4 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.1 MB
  • After compression 384.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 791.4 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 259.2 kB

  • Original 315.6 kB
  • After minification 298.9 kB
  • After compression 56.4 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Search.census.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 259.2 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 51 (45%)

Requests Now

113

After Optimization

62

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 113 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Search Census. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 45 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

search.census.gov

search.census.gov

36 ms

www.census.gov

www.census.gov

292 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

41 ms

jquery.min.css

jquery.min.css

39 ms

clientlibs.min.css

clientlibs.min.css

109 ms

print.css

print.css

13 ms

jsapi

jsapi

68 ms

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138 ms

utils.min.js

utils.min.js

156 ms

granite.min.js

granite.min.js

47 ms

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89 ms

shared.min.js

shared.min.js

47 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

158 ms

kernel.min.js

kernel.min.js

49 ms

sotd-embed.php

sotd-embed.php

96 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

222 ms

clientlibs.min.js

clientlibs.min.js

126 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

272 ms

modernizr.min.js

modernizr.min.js

152 ms

federated-analytics-min.js

federated-analytics-min.js

218 ms

foresee-trigger.js

foresee-trigger.js

150 ms

foresee-surveydef.js

foresee-surveydef.js

150 ms

sitecatalyst.min.js

sitecatalyst.min.js

220 ms

util.min.js

util.min.js

217 ms

analytics.sitecatalyst.js

analytics.sitecatalyst.js

217 ms

plugins.min.js

plugins.min.js

218 ms

main-bg-alt.png

main-bg-alt.png

157 ms

census-logo.png

census-logo.png

156 ms

search-btn.png

search-btn.png

154 ms

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240 ms

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237 ms

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sm-twitter-btn.png

239 ms

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sm-facebook-btn.png

240 ms

sm-youtube-btn.png

sm-youtube-btn.png

243 ms

govdelivery_16x16.png

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244 ms

population_widget_313x173.php

population_widget_313x173.php

181 ms

widget_310x200.php

widget_310x200.php

2426 ms

169 ms

headerbg.jpg

headerbg.jpg

157 ms

search-bg.png

search-bg.png

157 ms

demo-container-bg.png

demo-container-bg.png

163 ms

appRotatorDesktopBg.png

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161 ms

AppRotator.png

AppRotator.png

162 ms

statofday.png

statofday.png

161 ms

viewall-mini-btn.jpg

viewall-mini-btn.jpg

184 ms

footer-main-bg.png

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183 ms

footer-lines-bottom.png

footer-lines-bottom.png

642 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

522 ms

style.css

style.css

501 ms

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432 ms

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435 ms

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521 ms

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492 ms

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429 ms

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487 ms

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486 ms

main.min.js

main.min.js

512 ms

api.min.js

api.min.js

514 ms

animator.min.js

animator.min.js

512 ms

counter.min.js

counter.min.js

515 ms

odometer.min.js

odometer.min.js

513 ms

html_progress_bar.min.js

html_progress_bar.min.js

514 ms

population.min.js

population.min.js

513 ms

population_counters_controller.min.js

population_counters_controller.min.js

564 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

426 ms

player_api

player_api

477 ms

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foresee-surveydef.js

foresee-surveydef.js

119 ms

collect

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115 ms

header-bg.png

header-bg.png

95 ms

icon_rss.png

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89 ms

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107 ms

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115 ms

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102 ms

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126 ms

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116 ms

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141 ms

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122 ms

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130 ms

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126 ms

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146 ms

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133 ms

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41 ms

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247 ms

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220 ms

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97 ms

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71 ms

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54 ms

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49 ms

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60 ms

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45 ms

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13 ms

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27 ms

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74 ms

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38 ms

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qf.js

46 ms

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109 ms

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widget.js

96 ms

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51 ms

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81 ms

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48 ms

Accessibility Review

search.census.gov accessibility score

81

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best Practices

search.census.gov best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

search.census.gov SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Search.census.gov can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Search.census.gov main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

search.census.gov

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Search Census. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: