Understanding the New ACS Summary File Format (June 2, 2022)

      

Do you use the Summary File to access American Community Survey (ACS) data? The Census Bureau is releasing the ACS Summary File in a new format to streamline production and simplify access for data users. The ACS Summary File is a comma-delimited text file that contains all the Detailed Tables for the ACS. In this webinar, experts describe what is changing, provide a live demonstration of the new format, and give some tips for working with the data.

Presenters:
Matthew Key, IT Specialist, American Community Survey Office
Jonathan Schroeder, Research Scientist, Minnesota Population Center

An archived recording of this webinar is available online.