I'm researching to see if PUMAs contain no less than 65,000 people or no less than 100,000. I can find references for both. Which is it?
Thank you,
Lorna
PUMAs appear in both the ACS PUMS and the ACS summary tables.ACS summary tables are provided for many different summary levels: counties, census tracts, ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, and many others, incl…
Perhaps the confusion is around the 65,000 limit as one of the criteria for inclusion for the one-year ACS.
PUMAs are created to have at least 100,000 people -- sometimes much more.
The smallest PUMA is Elkhart County (Outside Elkhart City)--Goshen City, Indiana, with100,044. The largest is NYC-Queens Community…
100,000 is correct. In some documentation, it's also mentioned that they also all meet the 65K threshold, which is relevant since this means you can get 1-year estimates for all PUMAs in the nation.
Thank you, Mark for taking the time to respond. If PUMAs have at least 100,000 people then the 65,000 threshold is irrelevant... I'm still missing something