Just wanted to bring this up with the group -- https://assets.ipums.org/_files/mpc/MPC-Working-Paper-2018-6.pdf

Implications of Differential Privacy for Census Bureau Data and Research Task Force on Differential Privacy for Census Data

Institute for…

When using PUMAs for estimates from the ACS 2016 1-year AFF or Summary Files, 6 NYS PUMAs are missing for Table B23001.

01201 Erie County (Northwest) PUMA, New York

01801 Saratoga County (South & Central) PUMA, New York

03309 Suffolk County (Central…

I'm looking for a list or data source for counties located within a PUMA.  I have a list of the name of the PUMAs, and this often contains the counties, but not always. an example:

GEOID PUMA BASENAME NAME
2800500 500 Three Rivers Region––Lee, Pontotoc…

Can anyone tell me what exactly is the difference between RNTP and GRNTP? In the data dictionary RNTP is "monthly rent" and GRNTP is "Gross rent (monthly amount)". The values in the data are different from each other, with (from what I've looked at) GRNTP…

Hi Everyone,
I hope you're all doing well.
I'm new to here and I want to use the API on Census to get the data from ACS.
Here's the link to the variables.
api.census.gov/.../variables.html
What I get confused is that the explanation of variable…

Does any one have any knowledge/experience with converting/adjusting dollar amounts in earning variables to constant dollars for comparability across several years and use in multivariate analysis? If you do, I will greatly appreciate any help/guidance…

I am not quite sure where to post this, but since this is a relatively active group, I just hope I will get an answer here a bit quicker :).

My questions are:

1. What is the interpretation of a multi-year population? If we are talking about ACS 2010-2014…

I am currently conducting research on the integration of the African foreign born into U.S. society, using 1980, 1990, 2000 IPUMS and 2010 ACS data. One of the three dimensions along which I want to examine the integration of the African foreign born…

Can anyone point me to crosswalk for Florida that would distribute 2000 PUMAs households/population into their corresponding 2012 PUMAs?

I want to do some analysis using the recently released microdata based on whether the household is urban or rural, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the population or housing files that would allow me to classify the household. Has anyone tried…