That explains it - thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I am not proficient in PUMS (I need to be). Can I get the 2020 census population via excel or csv format?
Hello Saima, It looks like those estimates are not released for Miami City (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B01001D&g=0400000US12.160000&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B01001D&hidePreview=true). You might have to resort to using the PUMS.
My understanding of the Census Bureau process is that this won't happen retroactively. You can always estimate from the PUMS microdata (although in the near future, who knows what's going to happen with the differential privacy algorithms applied to it…
Hello,
A question I get from time to time is, how to calculate/estimate/approximate the median (age/income/home value/monthly rent/etc.) when grouping together a few different census tracts. I want to have a better answer for them than, "do it using PUMS…
Look at B17024 The age categories are 55-64 and 65-74 and 75 and over
the poverty levels are in intervals starting at below 50% going up to 500% + there are 12 different intervals.
Since you are doing all of NM, you could use the NM PUMS file and create…
Dear Glenn,
I have a relationship file/crosswalk file from GEOCORR. I mapped 2012 PUMAs (current geography for PUMAS/2021 PUMS) to 2020 Tracts (currently used for 2017-2021 ACS 5 year tables). I get quite a lot of duplicate County/Tract combinations.…
I'm attempting to use the PUMS data to compute earnings percentiles for each undergraduate degree, for various subsets of the population.
For instance, "what are the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile incomes for non-Hispanic white men aged…
Hi Sarah, yes, I agree with Stas. The best way to answer this question is working with the actual dataset. I know ipums is great, but I have more familiarity with the regular PUMS dataset from census.gov (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata…
Data collection did resume over the summer (for details see press release here: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/ongoing-surveys.html).
I have not seen any formal announcement (such as a "Tip Sheet") of data release dates for 2020 ACS…