2012 5yr Missing Block Group Tables

Hi, I extracted 2012 and 2011 5yr data at the block group level from the ftp site for table B03002 - HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE.

The problem...estimates exist for 2011 but not 2012.

Has anyone else experienced this or do you know why?

Here' my check:
Just looking at California data downloaded from the ftp:
2011:
e20115ca0005000.txt
LOGRECNO 0023638
B03002e1 = 2451

2012: e20125ca0006000.txt
LOGRECNO 0023598
B03002e1 is blank.

Thanks for your time.

Joe

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Beth Jarosz over 10 years ago

Are all of the fields blank in the 2012 data? The table numbers and LOGRECNOs above do not match... so it's hard to tell from the information provided if this is a mismatched geography issue or a data suppression issue.

If you are comparing the same geography for the two years, it is useful to know that the Census Bureau suppresses data, for example, if there are fewer than 3 unweighted cases in the sample. So it may be that one of the sub-groups violated the fewer-than-three rule, and the table was suppressed.

See: www.census.gov/.../ACSO_Data_Suppression.pdf
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Beth Jarosz over 10 years ago

Are all of the fields blank in the 2012 data? The table numbers and LOGRECNOs above do not match... so it's hard to tell from the information provided if this is a mismatched geography issue or a data suppression issue.

If you are comparing the same geography for the two years, it is useful to know that the Census Bureau suppresses data, for example, if there are fewer than 3 unweighted cases in the sample. So it may be that one of the sub-groups violated the fewer-than-three rule, and the table was suppressed.

See: www.census.gov/.../ACSO_Data_Suppression.pdf
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