ACS 2013 5-year data available in MS Access 2007

JamiRae over 9 years ago

Hi all,

I will be importing the 5year estimate summary files for Oregon, Arizona, and Washington D.C. into an Access database (2007 version). I've set up a macro to run the import routine so it wouldn't be too difficult to do additional states. The files are large so, as you can imagine, it actually takes multiple Access files to import them all. Ideally these should be used on a SQL server, though I currently don't have access to SQL so this is my method for now.

If anyone would like the Access files for any state, let me know and I can import it for you or send you documentation on how to do it for yourself. I will need to test my import routine when the data are released on Thursday so I don't want to give out the documentation files until I know this works properly. I did this for the 2012 5year estimates, so I know it works, but I've had to make adjustments due to changes in the Sequence Files so I want to make sure I got the adjustments correct before I distribute it.

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JamiRae over 9 years ago

Hi Gwen - I know of someone who has imported select tables into SQL I'll see if he has a script he can share that can be adapted.

And yes, I'm aware of the geodatabases, though for the 2012 5year data I dont think they were available until sometime in the spring and I've not seen a release schedule for the 2013 5-year data in gdb format. Have you? or anyone? That would certainly save me time! :)

I will be attempting to import the data also into a MySQL database, so if that is successful I can share my methodology if you or anyone else is interested.
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JamiRae over 9 years ago

Hi Gwen - I know of someone who has imported select tables into SQL I'll see if he has a script he can share that can be adapted.

And yes, I'm aware of the geodatabases, though for the 2012 5year data I dont think they were available until sometime in the spring and I've not seen a release schedule for the 2013 5-year data in gdb format. Have you? or anyone? That would certainly save me time! :)

I will be attempting to import the data also into a MySQL database, so if that is successful I can share my methodology if you or anyone else is interested.
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