U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2013-2017 ACS 5-Year Estimates

We are pleased to announce the release of the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. The ACS is the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, housing, and demographic information every year. These statistics cover all geographic areas regardless of size, down to the block-group level.

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.

Visit the Census Bureau's American FactFinder or use the Census API to start exploring these estimates.

Highlights 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.
• 2013-2017 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles: 2013-2017 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles are available as a BETA version for state, county, place, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, ZIP Code Tabulation Area, American Indian Area/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Home Land and census tract. Narrative Profiles summarize many topics using nontechnical text and graphs. Visit both the ACS Narrative Profiles page and American FactFinder for continuous profile data since 2009.
• Updated 5-year to 5-year Comparison Guidance: Visit our Comparing 2008-2012 ACS 5-year and 2013-2017 ACS 5-year page for guidance on comparing these datasets by subject area.
• Summary File Data: The 2013-2017 ACS 5-year Summary File data on the FTP site are now available. Supporting materials were released last week.
• 5-year Webinar Available: The slides, transcript, and recording from the 2013-2017 ACS 5-year Pre-Release webinar are now available. This webinar covers background information about the ACS, changes for this release, and where to find new data release information on the ACS website. In addition, we demonstrate how to access block group level data in American FactFinder.
• Data Visualization: Check out our latest data visualization, What Can You Learn About Counties from the American Community Survey?, to explore county level data for some of the most popular topics from the 2013-2017 ACS 5-year estimates.