Joining ACS 2015 Data with Census Block Shape files 2015

Hi There,

I'm trying to join the demographics from ACS 2015 data with Block Shape files from 2015 on BlockGroupID (Block Group FIPS code) and see some of Block groups are missing from ACS that are in Census Shape file. I'm wondering what is the reason behind this. I'm new to this kind of geographic data and the group itself. Would love to hear some expect options on how I can get complete information. 

Attached google drive link contains the Block Groups ID (FIPS Codes) from ACS 2015  that did not match with Census Shape file 2015.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B72S8sjziFItS2lJY0JSaUZob0E 

 

Thanks !

 

Regards,

Mohammed Ayub

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  • Hi Maribeth,
    I'm using the data from this site. www.census.gov/.../tiger-data.html
    "2011 - 2015 Detailed Tables" -Block group National File -Geodatabase (.gdb file)

    So the tables mentioned in the link might not have all the block groups in them ? Good to know. Anyways I combined all the 22 demographic tables/files into one and replaced columns codes with names for our convenience to do analytics.

    Thanks !

    Regards,
    Mohammed Ayub
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