Dear Adolph,
You might look at the PUMS (public use microdata) codebook to see what "raw" variables are available for the ACS. The tables on data.census.gov come from the PUMS data, except the PUMS data is a sample from the "raw" ACS responses…
Hello, it sounds like you're using the ACS-5-year PUMS data to produce 1-year estimates. The 5-year PUMS data are designed to produce estimates over a 60-month period, not for individual years, which is why the weighted frequencies for each year are…
Also, the "August Events and Updates" email just came out Tuesday, 8/5 with the unchanged timeline:
2024 ACS Release Schedule
Hi - The 65,000 does not play into PUMS; it relates only to tables. PUMS' smallest units are PUMAs.
Hi Garth -
The ACS PUMS has a Place of Work PUMA code (POWPUMA) that identifies work location, but the geographic specificity is far less granular than LEHD/LODES. If by "finer detail" you mean worker characteristic detail, PUMS may be helpful.…
Charles,
Since my original post here, the Census Bureau has done something very much like what you suggest. Their first release of the 2019-2023 5-year PUMS identified 2020 PUMAs for all respondents. Later, they released a new version of the 2018-2022…
Here is the documentation for the PUMS replicate weights:
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/acs/acs_pums_handbook_2020_ch05.pdf
The weighted estimates calculated using the PublicUse Microdata Sample (PUMS) files are…