Yes — census.gov has IPv6.

Has both IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) addresses.

Measured 2026-11-01 15:56 UTC. We reuse a result for up to a week, so we aren't testing the same site over and over. Check census.gov now

IPv6 readiness

Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.

Website over IPv6 census.gov has an AAAA record and answers on it. ✓ 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6 answers · 443	yes
www over IPv6 www.census.gov has 4 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested. ✓ 2606:4700:78::90:0:181 answers · 443✓ 2606:4700:78::90:0:182 answers · 443✓ 2606:4700:78::90:0:183 answers · 443✓ 2606:4700:78::90:0:180 answers · 443	yes
Mail servers (MX) have IPv6 Every mail server has an AAAA record. mail1.census.gov ✓mail2.census.gov ✓	yes
Nameservers have IPv6 2 of 2 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up. ns1e.census.gov ✓ns2e.census.gov ✓	yes

First measured 2026-11-01; last confirmed 2026-11-01.

HTTPS over IPv6 · not part of the grade yet
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 1 redirect: HTTP 200.

https://census.gov/ via 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6 → 302https://www.census.gov/ via 2606:4700:78::90:0:181 → 200

works

Nothing keeping you from an A

Nothing to fix
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census.gov Has IPv6

A (IPv4)	148.129.75.166
AAAA (IPv6)	2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6

www.census.gov Has IPv6

A (IPv4)	172.65.90.26 172.65.90.27 172.65.90.24 172.65.90.25
AAAA (IPv6)	2606:4700:78::90:0:181 2606:4700:78::90:0:182 2606:4700:78::90:0:183 2606:4700:78::90:0:180

Browsers on dual-stack networks will usually pick IPv6 here (the "Happy Eyeballs" algorithm races both and prefers v6).

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IPv6 measurement: census.gov
Measured 2026-11-01 15:56:29 UTC by aaaa.bot (one server on Fly.io, region iad)

A (IPv4):    148.129.75.166
AAAA (IPv6): 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6
www AAAA:    2606:4700:78::90:0:181, 2606:4700:78::90:0:182, 2606:4700:78::90:0:183, 2606:4700:78::90:0:180

Readiness grade A: Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.
- Website over IPv6: census.gov has an AAAA record and answers on it.
    2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6: answers (TCP 443)
- www over IPv6: www.census.gov has 4 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested.
    2606:4700:78::90:0:181: answers (TCP 443)
    2606:4700:78::90:0:182: answers (TCP 443)
    2606:4700:78::90:0:183: answers (TCP 443)
    2606:4700:78::90:0:180: answers (TCP 443)
- Mail servers (MX) have IPv6: Every mail server has an AAAA record.
- Nameservers have IPv6: 2 of 2 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.

Reachability = a TCP connection opened on port 443 (or 80).

HTTPS over IPv6 (not graded): Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 1 redirect: HTTP 200.
    https://census.gov/ via 2610:20:2010:a05:1000:0:9481:4ba6 -> HTTP 302, certificate: valid
    https://www.census.gov/ via 2606:4700:78::90:0:181 -> HTTP 200, certificate: valid
DNS answers via DNS-over-HTTPS (Cloudflare). Method: https://aaaa.bot/method
Permanent link: https://aaaa.bot/r/krr1VtEvgj

Permanent link: aaaa.bot/r/krr1VtEvgj · How we measure

Checked 2026-11-01 15:56:29 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/census.gov · JSON: /api/v1/census.gov