Documentation and Webinar Supporting New Statistics for Detailed Race, Hispanic Origin, Ancestry, and Tribal Population Groups

2017-2021 ACS 5-Year Selected Population Tables and American Indian and Alaska Native Tables 

We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of new American Community Survey (ACS) estimates for detailed race, Hispanic Origin, ancestry, and tribal population groups. These statistics, available from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables (SPT) and American Indian and Alaska Native Tables (AIANT), are scheduled for release on Thursday, June 15, 2023.

The new documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare for next week's data release by exploring:

  • Tables: Browse the list of available Data Profiles and Detailed Tables for next week's release and find the equivalent 2011-2015 ACS 5-year SPT and AIANT table numbers where possible.
  • Population Groups: View the code lists to determine if tables are available for a specific population group.
  • Geographies: View the list of geographic areas available for each set of tables in next week's release.
  • Comparison Guidance: Definitions of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes change over time. Reference the comparison guidelines to determine whether data for these groups are comparable to statistics from previous datasets.

Estimates from these tables provide the greatest level of statistical information for detailed population groups. This is the third release of these data since the original release based on the 2006-2010 American Community Survey.


2017-2021 ACS 5-Year SPT and AIANT Pre-Release Webinar

The U.S. Census Bureau is hosting a pre-release webinar ahead of the embargo of new 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables and American Indian and Alaska Native Tables. The webinar will show participants how to access data through data.census.gov for American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, as well as for hundreds of detailed race, Hispanic origin, tribal and ancestry populations at multiple levels of geography, including census tracts. These tables allow for an in-depth look at populations beyond those covered in the annual one-year and five-year American Community Survey products.

Date & Time: Thursday, June 8 from 2:00-3:30 PM ET

Link to Register: 2017-2021 AIAN and Selected Population Tables Pre-Release (census.gov)

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  • When you say race and Hispanic Origin, ACS tables are still only for the following groups, right?

    White non-Hispanic

    Black (including Hispanic)

    Asian (including Hispanic)

    etc

    When I look at most ACS tables, White is the only race available for non-Hispanic. For example, poverty status, s1701, only has White non-Hispanic. No other non-Hispanic.  https://data.census.gov/table?q=poverty&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1701

    Will ACS tables at some time have data for other groups, non-Hispanic, at some time?

  • A timely, on-target question, Gene. In discussions with other metro and state demographers, this is one question we've identified for USCB's attention as a follow-on to (anticipated) new major race groups are adopted by OMB! 

    After new major race groups are adopted by OMB - and if Hispanicity will be treated on par as all other major race groups (but I don't know - this is my conjecture) - then are White Hispanics  and Black Hispanics (for example, Dominicans) binned with "Two or More Races"?  Or will ACSO detemine an entirely new regime for ACS "race iteration" tables? 

    --Todd Graham

      Metropolitan Council Research

  • Thanks for the response. Why wouldn't the groups be like this?

    White non-Hispanic

    Black non-Hispanic

    Asian non-Hispanic

    (other single race groups) non-Hispanic

    Multiple race groups non-Hispanic

    Hispanic

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