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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Complex Analysis Plan for PUMS using SPSS?

    Does anyone have recommendations for setting up a complex analysis plan in SPSS for analyzing ACS PUMS data? I am trying to help a group of master-level graduate students analyze 2014 5-year ACS PUMS data, and they need to use SPSS, given that is what…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2012-2016 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimates Tables

    2012-2016 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2012-2016 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. 

    The ACS 5-year PUMS files show the full range of population…

  • 2015 ACS 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Documentation

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2015 ACS 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, October 20, 2016. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity…

  • 2010-2014 ACS 5-year PUMS csv file size?

    Hi all,

    Has anyone downloaded the 2010-2014 ACS 5-year PUMS csv files from the Census Bureau successfully?  I'm trying to download the population and housing files for the US but seem to be getting something funky.  The first population file ss14pusa…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases Documentation Supporting the 2012-2016 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimates Tables

    2012-2016 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Documentation

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. This documentation offers ACS data users…

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