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  • Re-publishing Census ACS data: Don't forget the metadata!

    Todd Graham
    Todd Graham
    At Met Council, we extract a few hundred variables of interest from Census ACS – and we package these into Excel files for our state’s Tracts, BGs, minor civil divisions, school districts, and (new) ZIP code areas.

    Your organization, like ours, probably…
    • over 11 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • Professional Meetings

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  • Klimek.pdf

    Mark Mather
    Mark Mather
    • Klimek.pdf
    • over 2 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • 2023 ACS Conference Files
  • Serious Threat to 2020 Census from Trump's DOJ

    Andrew Beveridge
    Andrew Beveridge

    There is a Propublica Story Indicating that the Trump DOJ is demanding the Citizenship be put on the 2020 Census (it is on the ACS).  This could have dire consequences for the 2020 Census

    www.propublica.org/.../trump-justice-department-pushes-for-citizenship…

    • over 7 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • Calculating a median

    JamiRae
    JamiRae

    Hi All,

    Occasionally I need a median income or median age value for either an aggregated area or for a population that only has the data available in a distribution table (like in attached screenshot). I created a VBA macro that will run in Excel and calculate…

    • over 6 years ago
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    • Forum
  • ACS low to moderate income joining in ArcGIS

    Casey Dickson
    Casey Dickson

    Hello, 

    My grant manager gave me the raw data from the ACS 5-year estimates for low to moderate-income populations. Since there are no locators in the data, I am having difficulty plotting out the areas on ArcGIS. I have updated layers for both census…

    • 10 months ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • ACS 5-year tables for 2010 to 2012 block group level no longer available for download in data.census.gov

    James Lee
    James Lee

    I noticed today that block group level data for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 ACS 5-year estimates are no longer available for download in data.census.gov, but tract level data for those years are still available there. Does anyone have any insight on why…

    • over 1 year ago
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    • Forum
  • Census Bureau Updates on the Dissemination of ACS Data

    Mark Mather
    Mark Mather
    Tune in to the plenary session at the ACS Conference this morning to hear the latest Census Bureau updates on data privacy and their new data dissemination platform.
     
    Dissemination of ACS Data: Looking Ahead
    Wednesday, May 15, 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. (EDT…
    • over 6 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • ACS Data User Applications Related to COVID-19

    • ACS Data Products & Resources
  • Age Distribution of Non-Hispanic African American/Black

    Li Jiao
    Li Jiao

    Hello

    How can I have the detailed age distribution of non-Hispanic African Americans (at all geo levels) using the ACS data.

    My understanding is that B01001B are for all blacks regardless of their ethnicity.

    Thank you for any advice!

    Li Jiao

    • over 3 years ago
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