U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2017-2021 ACS 5-Year Estimates

We are pleased to announce the release of the 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, housing, and demographic information every year. The ACS is the only source of local statistics for most of the 40+ topics it covers, such as educational attainment, occupation, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry, and selected monthly homeowner costs.

ACS 5-year estimates are available for all geographic areas regardless of population size, down to the block-group level. Today's 2017-2021 ACS 5-year release will also include all data products, including Data Profiles, Comparison Profiles, Detailed Tables, Subject Tables and the Summary File. For more information, visit the 2021 Data Release Schedule page. 

Visit the Census Bureau's data.census.gov or use the Census API to start exploring these estimates. Data.census.gov is our primary data dissemination platform to access data from the Census Bureau, and the platform works best in Google Chrome. Learn more about data.census.gov resources.

Data release resources include links to the following:

• Guidance for Data Users: Learn more about the types of data tables and tools available, and get guidance about when to use 1-year and 5-year estimates.
• 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles: 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles are available for the nation, state, county, place, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, ZIP Code Tabulation Area, American Indian Area/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Home Land and census tract. Narrative Profiles summarize many topics using nontechnical text and graphs.
• Updated 5-year to 5-year Comparison Guidance: Visit our Comparing 2012-2016 ACS 5-year and 2017-2021 ACS 5-year page for guidance on comparing these datasets by subject area.
• Summary File: Download the ACS Detailed Tables in the new table-based format for the ACS Summary File, which replaced the previous sequence-based format. Each ACS Detailed Table will be available as a separate file containing the estimate and margin of error for all published geographies. To aid in this transition, the prior sequence-based format will also be available for the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year releases but will be discontinued thereafter. For more information, visit the ACS Summary File page.
• 5-year Webinar: The slides, transcript, and recording from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Pre-Release webinar are available.  This webinar covers background information about the ACS, changes for this release, and where to find new data release information on the ACS website.
• 5-Year Press Kit: View the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Press Kit to access background materials to write stories about this release.  The press kit includes a wide range of resources, including the press release.