• LIVE TODAY: Take an Early Look at our New Dissemination Platform!

    Today we are excited to announce a major milestone related to data dissemination.

    While we are still in the early stages of our Census Enterprise Dissemination Services and Consumer Innovation (CEDSCI) program, this week we have come one step closer to…

  • RE: PUMA 2012 to Metropolitan Statistical Area

    You can use Geocorr to generate correspondence files for pretty much any pair of census geographies from the same time period, including PUMAs to metro areas (i.e. core-based statistical areas, which include both metropolitan and micropolitan areas).

  • RE: Reminder--webinar on accessing block groups tomorrow

    Are you going to use the Summary File Data Retrieval Tool and if so, is the 5 year data working for you?
  • 2015 5-year data in Access Database

    Hello all,

    Just thought I'd let you know that I have once again put the 5-year 2011-2015 ACS summary files into Access database files. This makes it pretty simple to upload into SQL server or other RDBMS, if you need, connect to ArcGIS, or to simply run…

  • Message from Douglas White

    Trying to use the Summary File Data Retrieval Tool Version 1.0.0.13.3 with Office 2013 to look at 3013 5YR data, and get the following message:

    Compile error in hidden module: fmrLaunch1.

    Any help anyone can provide is greatly appreciated.
  • Message from Douglas White

    Can anyone tell me if the 2007-2011 Summary File Data Retrieval tool is working? I am still getting the governmental shutdown message.
  • Webinar on accessing IPUMS NHGIS in R (with a focus on ACS data)

    IPUMS is hosting a webinar next week that may be of interest to many on this forum... 

    Accessing NHGIS Data in R

    March 5, 2024; 1:00pm CT
    Register for Free Webinar

    IPUMS NHGIS provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year estimates, the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, and housing information every year.

    The ACS is the only source of local statistics for most…

  • What happened to some data for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico?

    We've discovered what appears to be an anomaly in the 5-year estimates for 2018 - After importing all the ACS summary file data for the entire U.S. into SQL server, we queried on block groups (BG) for data items we are using in a project.  We were…

  • RE: current 5 year PUMS and PUMAs

    The 2010-Census-based PUMAs (N=2,378 nationwide) will be used in products released up until end of 2022. New PUMS files released in 2023 and for the next ten years will be based on the 2020-Census-based PUMAs (N=2,487 nationwide).

    The new (2020 Census…