U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2018-2022 ACS 5-Year Estimates

We are pleased to announce the release of the 2018-2022 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 2018-2022 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 2022 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.
• 2018-2022 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles: 2018-2022 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles are available for the nation, state, counties, places, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, American Indian Area/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Home Lands and census tracts. Narrative Profiles summarize many topics using nontechnical text and graphs.
• Updated 5-year to 5-year Comparison Guidance: Visit our Comparing 2022 American Community Survey Data page to access guidance on comparing the 2018-2022 ACS 5-year and 2013-2017 ACS 5-year datasets by subject area.
• Summary File: Download all of the ACS Detailed Tables via the Summary File on the FTP. Instructions and other technical information are available also available on the Summary File page.
• 5-year Webinar: The slides, transcript, and recording from the 2018-2022 ACS 5-year Pre-Release webinar will be available soon.  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 2018-2022 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.