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  • Reading 2020 Census DHC data into R

    Matt Schroeder
    Matt Schroeder
    For those of you working on today's release of DHC data from the 2020 Census, here's some R code that will combine the different segments of the DHC summary file and create one dataset with all the tables, with the columns named just like they are in…
    • over 2 years ago
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  • 2020 ACS 5-year data + 2010-2020 geographic crosswalks now on IPUMS NHGIS

    Jonathan Schroeder
    Jonathan Schroeder

    IPUMS NHGIS has added the 2016-2020 ACS 5-Year Summary File to our site. NHGIS allows users to select any combo of the 1,100+ tables to download in nationwide files for any of 87 summary levels, down to block groups.

    To support comparisons between the …

    • over 3 years ago
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  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2017-2021 ACS 5-Year Estimates

    Mary Ana McKay
    Mary Ana McKay

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, housing, and demographic information every year. The ACS is the only source of local statistics…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: ACS congressional district level data

    Bernie
    Bernie

    I believe that congressional-district level data is available in both the 1-year and 5-year estimates, and therefor it should exist in 1-year estimates going back to 2005. I see that pre-2010 data isn't available at data.census.gov, so you'd have to access…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: Problems with B01003

    Beth Jarosz
    Beth Jarosz
    Hi Rex. What tool are you using? (data.census.gov or the API?)
    There is a way to download and extract all of the Summary Files (using FTP) if you have SAS or similar statistical or database program available to you. (Here's the Summary File handbook if…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: Certain tables of ACS 2015-2019 5-year are not available to the census block group level

    Jonathan Schroeder
    Jonathan Schroeder

    Most of the detailed ACS tables are not available for block groups. The summary file Appendix A, which you can find through the Appendices links on the sequence-based summary file pages (here's 2019's page), indicates which tables have "No Blockgroups…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: Covid impacts on 2020 ACS

    Beth Jarosz
    Beth Jarosz

    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…

    • over 4 years ago
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  • RE: Issues downloading block group level data in Illinois

    JamiRae
    JamiRae

    I have the summary files in SQL databases if you want to work with it that way. there is always NHGIS.org as well. 

    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: Legislative District Data

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    Did you look here ?  https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html   The Redistricting file is the first 2020 census file that is released so that jurisdictions can redistrict for the next election season.

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: unemployment rate by census tract or county during 2005-2009

    Jonathan Schroeder
    Jonathan Schroeder

    IPUMS NHGIS provides all tables from the 2005-2009 5-year ACS summary file, including tables on employment status and unemployment for counties and census tracts.

    One reason you might not have found this information is if, within the NHGIS Data Finder,…

    • 7 months ago
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