The 2025 ACS Data Users Conference will be held on May 29, 2025 (virtual day) and June 3, 2025 (in-person in DC)

  • Now Available: Documentation for the 2017 ACS 1-Year PUMS Files and Supplemental Estimates

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files and 2017 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, October 18…

  • Now Available: Documentation for the 2017 ACS 1-Year PUMS Files and Supplemental Estimates

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files and 2017 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, October 18…

  • Merging National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) data with ACS PUMS data to look at trends from 2006-2015

    Working with the RDC on a proposal to access restricted NSFG contextual data to be able to link the economic conditions of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) a woman lived in at the time of interview (from the ACS) with the woman's individual-level…

  • Calculating Standard Error of Median Income in PUMS using R

    Hello,

     

    I would like to use R to calculate the standard error of the median income of a population represented in PUMS. I would like to do this using replicate weights, if possible.

     

    I know how to calculate the standard error of an estimate using replicate…

  • February 14th Webinar: Intro to the ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files

    Satisfy your love for data this Valentine’s Day by digging into the American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files. These files allow you to create custom tables using a sample of actual responses to the American Community Survey…

  • Variables in PUMS

    Hi all,

    I'm new to the ACS group/forum and am hoping this is the most appropriate place for this question. I am interested in the variable "HHT" (household/family type). It is listed in the data dictionary, but is not available in the PUMS for the California…

  • Gateway To MAST (for ACS PUMS) is now on the Amazon Appstore

    This morning Gateway To MAST went live on the Amazon Appstore. Gateway To MAST allows the user to create custom tabulations of ACS PUMS data. It links the households to the individuals so you can mix household and person level dimensions and volumes in…

  • Identifying Rural Communities with 2012-2015 ACS PUMS data

    I am interested in performing a national rural analysis with 2012-2015 ACS PUMS data. The ACS PUMS documentation recommends using data from the Missouri Census Data Center (MCDC) <http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/geocorr14.html> to identify other…

  • Free ACS PUMS Webinar tomorrow

    Hi Everyone,

    I think most of you are experienced PUMS users, but for any new PUMS users who could benefit from a free introductory webinar, I'm giving one tomorrow at 2:00pm EST. The details are below:

    Date and Time: Wednesday, February 17th from…

  • Looking for veterans statistics joined with household data in PUMS - Help appreciated!

    Hi guys,

    I'm new to PUMS usage, and I appreciate some assistance.

    I’m looking for household size for households with veterans in 0 to 200 poverty in them. so the following is what I did and let me know if it is correct.

    I pulled up a list of…

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