Hi,
I'm currently trying to compile data for the percent of households receiving food stamps/SNAP in Dane County Wisconsin, broken out by Hmong alone, All Asian (alone or in combination with other races), and Non-Asian, using 2017-2021 ACS. The data for Hmong alone is not available on data.census.gov, hence the use of the MDAT. However, when I run this in MDAT, it gives me counts for individuals, not households, even though Housing Unit Weight is selected. E.g., for the "Total" it gives me 555,435, which is the population of Dane County, not the number of households. Is there some sort of setting or checkbox that I'm missing? Or am I misunderstanding the Housing Unit Weight? Thanks for any assistance!
Hi Brittany,
The data for Hmong alone for the 2017-2021 ACS is available in data.census.gov. It's probably hard to find because the Census Bureau has decided to classify Hmong as East Asian, so you have to look under the Race and Ethncity:Asian:Detailed Asian Alone:East Asian Alone filter menu for the data. Here is a direct link to Table B22001 for Dane County Wisconsin for Hmong Alone, Asian Alone or in combination, and total population.
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B22001?t=001:020:031:3766:SNAP/Food Stamps&g=050XX00US55025
Best,
Howard