I'm currently working with the ACS 2022 5-year data. In past years we could download a Appendices.xlsx file that had two important columns, "Geography Restrictions" and "Topics". But the 2022 ACS has been restructured, and I cannot find this file.…

We have noticed there are quite a few -666666666 values in the 2018-2022 5-year ACS estimates. These are for variables that have always had values previously. For example, B19067_001 (cash public assistance income). Out of the 31,895 CDPs we are interested…

I would like to pull variables and concepts for ACS (5-year estimate) variables specifically for zctas, but am running into challenges.

When running the following command in R, I get 27,850 rows with varying levels of geography (e.g., block groups, tracts…

Some ACS terms and concepts can be confusing, especially for people who are new to the survey. “Tenure,” “own children,” “families,” “households,” and “ZCTAs,” are a few of the terms that often raise questions among data users. …

Are Egyptians included in an ACS PUMS population estimate grouped as North African or as Middle Eastern?

We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2022 American Community Survey 1-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, September 14, 2023. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…

PRB and the Census Bureau conducted a survey of American Community Survey (ACS) data users in June 2022 to help the Census Bureau understand what's working well and where there are areas for potential…

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This question is not exactly on the ACS but I am also interested in disclosure avoidance methods used for ACS detailed tables at the census tract level.  Can someone point me to any good "white papers" census web pages, references on disclosure avoidance…

We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2021 American Community Survey 1-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, September 15, 2022. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…

Hi, I am searching for the 2014-2018 5-year ACS data at county level. I specifically look for two indicators: Persons living alone (%) and Households with telephone service available (%), or phone ownership among all people (%). I find the Table B09019…

I am having trouble accessing ACS documentation for any year.

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/summary-file-documentation.html

...gives me an error but you can navigate from there to ACS -> Technical Documentation…

Hello! Is there any documentation available on how to pool multiple waves of the Household Pulse data?

To pool the data, do you need to use the micro data and aggregate via weighting?

Is there a method to use pre-aggregated data and weight by sample size…

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I'm working with a non-profit looking to map data available at the county level to CDPs. I need to understand how CDP estimates are constructed, sampling methods etc. I've scoured the documentation but can only find definitions of CDPs, not sampling…

I have been asked to calculate and compare the population density of incorporated cities using 2020 census data.  I can obtain the population figures for all places, including incorporated cities, from the Census Bureau's ftp server (www2.census.gov).…

FYI: If you are interested in "what is a housing unit? what is a group quarters?": there is a short explainer here: https://metrocouncil.org/Handbook/Files/Resources/Fact-Sheet/LAND-USE/Housing-Unit-vs-Group-Quarter.aspx  The explainer is written…

I use the Table Shells here every fall to do a lot of prep work for the 5-year release. Any idea when this will have the 2020 Detailed Table Shells Excel table? 

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-shells.html

Thanks…

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I need help finding households in the US with children under 18 divided by demographics (age, gender, region, income, education level). I looked in the US Census website but I'm only able to find households with children 18 nationwide, …

Two questions from reading up on ACS data suppression (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/data-suppression.html) as background for understanding why there might be missing estimates (-666666666) at the block group level…

This is a very interesting table note to an ACS table.

 This table, of sex by age

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Populations%20and%20People&g=0400000US36&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Detailed%20Tables&tid=ACSDT5Y2018.B01001&hidePreview=true…

We are please to announce that both the 2010 ACS 5-Year Selected Population and American Indian & Alaska Native Tables, as well as the 2015 ACS 5-Year Selected Population and American Indian & Alaska Native Tables have been migrated into data…

I have been trying to download ZCTA-level population from B01003 since yesterday but it goes into an endless loop until finally suggesting to end the script.  I have been successful with several other detailed tables - could it be that this is the most…

We are pleased to announce the release of the 2014-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, housing, and demographic information every year. The ACS is the only source of local statistics…

We are pleased to announce the release of the Subject Tables and Selected Population Profiles for the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates. The ACS is the only source of local statistics for most of the 40+ topics it covers, such as educational…