Apologies for the somewhat off-topic question.  Is there a source for PL94-171 redistricting data from the 2020 Census compiled by Zip Code Tabulation Areas?

I am hoping that you will point me in the right direction.  I am a researcher looking for a table showing the percentage of owners vs. renters (e.g., Home Ownership Rates, Owner Occupied Housing Unit Rate, etc.)    Is this information available by census…

I would like to gather data on digital connectivity in some specific areas of Kansas City.  Ideally, by zip code, but so far the most granular I have been able to get is by county.  Is there something else available that might get me this information at…

Does anyone know the latest timing for the release of PL-94-171 from Census 2020? I understand data to be used by states for redistricting legislative and congressional seats is due to the states no later than April 1, 2021, but wondering if this may be…

Hi All,

I'm new to using census and ACS data and am hoping someone can help me navigate the data. I'm trying to find data for a small town (population ~21,000) on various social, economic, and housing characteristics by "Race."

Here…

Hi folks, 

I am working on a panel regression analysis of crime outcomes at the census block group level, and I am using ACS data as covariates. 

My study period is 2014 - 2018, with my unit of time as meteorological season (so overall, T = 19).

Unfortunately…

Hello,

I'm trying to determine the best way to do more complex queries using ACS. It may be that my better answer is PUMS or another method, in which case, please let me know! My current director is leaving, and she's not familiar with the changes…

I am working on refining and publicizing the Yost Index, which is a composite index incorporating information from 7 ACS tables (poverty, education, home value, income, employment, mortgage, and rent). It has been around since the early 2000s and does…

Hello, first time poster here, interested in forecasting.

I am working with a city-sized population (~150k residents, ~30 tracts) in the San Francisco Bay Area, for which I can retrieve ACS population estimates by race/ethnicity (from B01003) for a couple…

I'm trying to locate 2014-2018 Gini index values by zip code. I was able to find this information in American Fact Finder back in Feb/March, but I'm not having any luck with the new data.census.gov site. I've been using the Gini index data table (B19083…

A colleague was recalculating derived variables from the ACS for a research study and is trying to calculate Margin of Error for population density using guidance here: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018_ch08…

We are pleased to announce the release of new American Community Survey (ACS) estimates for detailed race, Hispanic Origin, ancestry, and tribal population groups. These statistics, available from the 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables and…

Hi there,

I'm an economics PhD student and am new to working with ACS data. I'm working on a project and need to get median income or income-per-capita at the census tract level.

Is anyone willing/able to help me out with this?

Thanks!

Hello,

For my current research project, I am working on quantifying the number and percentage of lower-income households in wildfire-prone census tracts in the San Francisco Bay Area.  I am considering using the commonly-implemented Area Median Income…

For those of you fighting with the new CEDSCI website, you can access tables directly through URL "deep links."  I have found for simple tasks, like getting several tables for all counties in a state, this is faster than going through the web…

I am looking to pull some demographics for a very small fire district, roughly 1,200 households.  The lines for the fire district are not logical with jigs and jags at different boundary lines.  Any suggestions on how to best pull this data?

Hello,

I am looking for block-group data on Poverty Status (from Table  B05010 or Table B06012) from the 2014-2018 ACS 5-year file.  It does not appear that these tables are available.  (data.census.gov only provides national results.) Can someone confi…

We are trying to determine if table C16002 about limited English speaking households is available at the tract level from the 2014-18 ACS.  A search of data.census.gov doesn't turn up anything but the site also does not load, at least for us, tract level…

Dear colleagues,

My name is Juan Albertorio and I am the US liaison for the US-Mexico Border Health Commission at NCHS. We are looking to use the ACS for health-related research along the US Mexico Border region and I wonder if someone have interest…

We've discovered what appears to be an anomaly in the 5-year estimates for 2018 - After importing all the ACS summary file data for the entire U.S. into SQL server, we queried on block groups (BG) for data items we are using in a project.  We were…

We have a user who insists on using blockgroup ACS data to conduct some exploratory mapping and analysis of hyperlocal conditions. I have recommended against this step, suggesting the use of census tracts instead.  My understanding, and opinion, is that…

We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, December 19, 2019. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…

I am looking for demographic data on tribal census tracts and tribal block groups for specific reservations. I am unable to locate any data in the ACS, however, I have found the GIS geographical boundary files. Any help and guidance is appreciated. Thank…

This may be a minor issue, but it appears to me that in the ACS Summary File Technical Documentation, the jam values for year structure built has not been kept up to date with the data, or the data erroneously includes values beyond the jam value.

On…