• Health Insurance Table Changes

    First off, thanks to the ACS folks for releasing today's documentation on next week's ACS release; it's very helpful to have this information in advance.

    I wanted to bring people's attention to changes to tables on health insurance by age…

  • Question about table B09008: Presence of Unmarried Partner by Household Type for Population Under 18 Years in Households

    I'm trying to wrap my head around the cases that would be in lines 6 and 12 of Table B09008 (children in nonfamily households).  At first I thought this was possibly 16- or 17-year-olds living with their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse, but then the universe…

  • Where are definitions of "private" and "public" schools for table B14002? (How are charter schools and homeschooling captured?)

    Hello, 

    Does anyone know where I can find additional documentation on some definitions for the school enrollment (B14XXX) tables?  Specifically, what is included in public vs. private, e.g., charter schools and homeschooling.  From the questionnaires  it seems…

  • Is there a Data Profile (DP) table to Base (B) table correspondence / crosswalk somewhere?

    I am trying to figure out which Base Table the "average family size" variable (DP02_0016E) is coming from.  Does anyone know? 

    I am able to find the "average household size," and lots of other variables in DP tables in B tables, but not this one…

  • Block Groups with Unweighted Sample of 0 Persons

    We combine 5 year ACS data at the blockgroup level to build neighborhood level statistics for our community - Cambridge, MA. 

    While reviewing the 2013-17 data we found that two blockgroups have an unweighted sample population of 0 in table B00001.  One…

  • Journey to Work question: are ridehailing apps like uber & lyft considered "taxicab" or "other means" for Table B08301?

    Hello, 

    I've read the 2018 Subject Definitions document on Means of Transportation to Work over and over again, did a search for "uber", "lyft", "ridehailing", "ridesharing", etc. and nothing comes up.  I have…

  • API change for 2017 5 year data for tracts?

    It seems that my API calls for tract-level data are not working for the 2017 5 year data, yet the same call for the 2016 5-year tract-level data work!  I am successfully getting data for my calls for state and county for 2017 5 year data, just having a…

  • Inconsistent Variable Attribution between 5-yr DP for years 2016 and 2017

    Running into serious issues when trying to relate 2016 to 2017. API does not seem to refer to appropriate universe in demographic profiles, which is severely limiting our ability to parse in a consistent format so that estimate across 2015, 2016 and 2017…
  • SFTP access

    Hello colleagues, does anyone know where to access the Census stuff using an FTP client, or if it's even still possible? Apparently ftp2.census.gov is no longer working. 

  • Best tables for economic indicators and race/ethnicity by ZIP

    Hello,

    I am in a doctoral sociology program and I have a question about which tables would be the best places to find the data for which I am looking. I'm a new user of the ACS, and I've had great difficulty searching on my own, so any help or tips would…