• advice on accessing place or county subdivision summary files from the 2005 1-Year ACS

    I'm trying to obtain ACS 1-Year tables from 2005. Specifically, I'm looking for table B03002 (Hispanic or Latino origin by race) for either county subdivisions or places. The Census documentation says tables should be available for places with…

  • Webinar reminder: Proposed Format Change to Simplify the ACS Summary File

    This is a reminder that there will be a webinar on October 28, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 PM EDT:

    Proposed Format Change to Simplify the ACS Summary File

    Register now!

    The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) Office is currently testing a new format…

  • Using base (B) vs summary (S) vs data profile (DP) tables

    Hi. I work for a state housing organization. As part of our work, we frequently select a group of census tracts and aggregate data from those tracts. I am wondering if there is any meaningful difference between using a base (B) file vs a summary (S) file…

  • New ACS Summary File Guide

    The Census Bureau and PRB produced an updated guide on the ACS Summary File in advance of this week's ACS data release. The guide includes information on:

    • How to Use the ACS Summary File
    • Table IDs, Sequences, and Variable Names
    • Tools and Resources…
  • Today--Using ACS Summary File Data Webinar

    The American Community Survey (ACS) Summary File is a set of comma-delimited text files that contain all of the Detailed Tables for the ACS data releases. This webinar will cover background information about the ACS, an explanation of the ACS Summary…

  • Summary File Template error - Sequence File 120

    We just discovered this error when trying to import Sequence File 120. The Summary File Template has 1 fewer column than the actual data files do.

    It appears the problem is with the summary file template, and not the data files themselves. Since the template…

  • New Summary File Templates

    The 5-year Summary File Templates for 2011-2015 were put up about a week ago, but I notice that this morning, they're upload date was changed to two days ago. Anyone know if those files have actually been changed?

  • RE: Help finding the 2022 Appendices.xlsx File with "Geography Restrictions" and "Topics" data

    Hi Charles,

    Copied from the ACS Summary File Data page: "Starting with the 2022 data release, the Table-Based Format is the only format available.The 2021 data release was the final release of the original Sequence-Based Format; it is available…

  • PUMAs missing in AFF and the Summary Files

    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…

  • January 25th Webinar: Using American Community Survey Summary File Data

    The American Community Survey (ACS) Summary File is a set of comma-delimited text files that contain all of the Detailed Tables for the ACS data releases. This webinar will cover background information about the ACS, an explanation of the ACS Summary…