• current 5 year PUMS and PUMAs

    Sorry to be dense but what is the latest 5 year PUMS data and what year PUMAs does it use ?  Can't see to locate info using google.

    Thanks !

  • Obtaining ACS 2015-2019 PUMS replicate weights

    Can someone please tell where to obtain 2015-2019 ACS PUMS replicate weights. I do not see the option of obtaining the replicate weights in the data.census.gov micro data. And I do not know how to use the FTP files. Do one or more of them contain the…

  • PUMS Training

    Hi,

    I'd love to get acquainted with using PUMS data. What is a good, free training resource that I can use?

    Thanks,

    Sowmya

  • Undesrstanding VAL=-1 (Home value) in PUMS ACS5 Microdata

    Hello All,

    I'm fairly new to the PUMS Microdata. I'm using the ACS5 2018 vintage. My question is about those with a null (-1) Home Sale Price value (variable VAL). 

    I'm only dealing with household heads (SPORDER=1). I first filtered out all group…

  • PUMS ACS codebook and the mysterious "b" code

    Does anyone know how the Census assigns the PUMS codebook value "b" code to a text value in the downloaded (API) data?

    I was looking at the LNGI "Limited English speaking household" PUMS variable.  When you fetch PUMS data via the API…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases New 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year PUMS and ACS 1-Year Supplemental Estimates

    2022 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files 

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit…

  • RE: Beginner seeks advice on PUMS returns: Are R and tidycensus the best route?

    Thank you for that information. I look forward to using this in the future. It's great to know that more is available.Thank you very much for responding. I know more about publishing and policy (www.publicpolicypress.com), if you have questions on…

  • RE: Merging the Population and Household PUMS data

    Can you post the code that precedes the joins and then the code for the joins itself? It would also help if the PUMS variables are explicitly listed. Thank you

  • Sample Size Differences: PUMS v. Full ACS?

    I read in the 2020 documentation for the PUMS that the PUMS includes approximately two-thirds of the full ACS sample. Is this the case for all of the 1-year PUMS files (e.g. two-thirds of each year's ACS sample for 2000-2019)? Or do the public use files…

  • ACS PUMS calculating household poverty

    This seems to be a basic issue:  How does one identify households below the Federal Poverty Level in the ACS PUMS data?

    Income and the ratio of income to the Federal Poverty Level (POVPIP) are in the person file.  Are there ways to identify households in…

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