Case Study: U.S. Census Bureau achieves faster, more relevant access to millions of reports with Lucidworks Fusion

How the U.S. Census Bureau Uses Fusion to Bring People and Data Together

Lucidworks partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau, the primary source of U.S. demographic and economic data that publishes millions of documents and decades of survey results. The bureau’s existing site search suffered from poor relevancy, didn’t use metadata in ranking, and relied on a clunky interface that forced users to drill through archives, frustrating researchers and the public alike.

Using Lucidworks Fusion (built on an Apache Solr core), the team delivered a fast, scalable search app with relevance tuning, categories and faceting, and integration with the bureau’s SSO and security infrastructure. The new solution made data and reports far easier to find, sped access for users, and added auditing dashboards so administrators can monitor search behavior and report usage.

U.S. Census Bureau

David G. Johnson

Website Support Manager