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  • RE: Documentation Supporting the 2014-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Data Release

    Gretchen Gooding
    Gretchen Gooding
    Update: the 5-year Summary File templates are now posted at www2.census.gov/.../. Thanks for your feedback that you like these files with early release.
    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: Geo Header for all 2020 Places

    Jonathan Schroeder
    Jonathan Schroeder

    If you get a 2020 census data table through IPUMS NHGIS, it comes with much of the geoheader file content attached, including land area. I.e., you could get 2020 total populations and land areas for 2020 places in a single data file in a single request…

    • over 3 years ago
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  • RE: 2008 5-year estimates for median earnings?

    JamiRae
    JamiRae
    To clarify, since the ACS began in 2005, 5-years of data were not available until 2009.

    for 2008 your only options are 1 year or 3 year data.
    www.census.gov/.../summary-file.2008.html
    • over 4 years ago
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  • Today: Webinar and Documentation Supporting the 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data Release

    Mary Ana McKay
    Mary Ana McKay

    2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Pre-Release Webinar

    Learn more about the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data release. This webinar will cover background information about the ACS, changes for this release, and where to find new…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: Looking for Table C16002 HOUSEHOLD LANGUAGE BY HOUSEHOLD LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING STATUS

    JamiRae
    JamiRae
    to your question about a way to look up the levels of geog for 2018 ACS tables - You can use the Appendices file found on the ACS documentation page here:
    www.census.gov/.../summary-file-documentation.html

    Appendix A gives the geography restrictions…
    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: S0201 SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES (column names are different and don't work with API )

    tomlaheyh
    tomlaheyh

    OK, S = Subject Tables OR Selected Population Profiles. I assume all tables with an S were Subject tables. I now assume that;

    CP = Comparison Profiles
    DP = Data Profiles
    B = Summary File
    S = Subject Tables OR Selected Population Profiles

    I have a question…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: 2018 block group estimates for population, households, & occupied households

    Beth Jarosz
    Beth Jarosz
    Have you tried using the summary files? They're a bit clunky, but once you have your code written, it's pretty stable from release to release. I can provide some references to get you started if you're interested.
    • over 5 years ago
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  • Documentation Supporting the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates Now Available

    Mary Ana McKay
    Mary Ana McKay

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2021 American Community Survey 1-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, September 15, 2022. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • RE: ACS 2005 and ACS 2007 3-yr data

    boakye3
    boakye3
    Hi, sorry to ask again. I am not familiar with the format of the FTP data, is there an easy way to view these raw summary files in excel or is there a good resource for explaining how to work with this data for beginners?
    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: 2013-2017 ACS 5-Year Computer and Internet Use Block Group Estimates Now Available on American Fact Finder

    Bernie
    Bernie
    Thank you for the update. Do you have a release date for updates to the downloadable summary files?
    • over 6 years ago
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