The 2025 ACS Data Users Conference will be held on May 29, 2025 (virtual day) and June 3, 2025 (in-person in DC)

  • 2015 ACS 5-year Appendices

    Does anyone know if they will release the 5-year appendices ahead of the data release next week? I've been checking the documentation page every day. I was thinking they released documentation a little bit ahead for the 1year but now i'm not sure if I…

  • Aggregate dollar values suppressed for small geos

    I'm looking at table B19067, "AGGREGATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2015 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) FOR HOUSEHOLDS". Looking at block groups, last year, for the 2010-2014 ACS, there were 131,952 block groups with data (the rest…

  • Comparing ACS Per Capita Income and BEA Personal Income

    Can anyone point me to discussion of the differences between ACS per capita income and BEA personal income.

    I realize the differences, which can be startling to the unfamiliar, reflect how the numbers are measured. I need to explain this to several financial…

  • Embargoed data download with new authentication

    Evidently the Bureau has changed the way they authenticate users with access to embargoed data. It's no longer using HTTP authentication, which is making the task of programatically obtaining new ACS data very tedious.

    Does anyone know if there is…
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