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  • RE: ACS data download at zip code level

    Hi Peter,

    I am trying to follow these steps on the new census.data.gov site, but I can't seem to find the right filter to get to a zip code/zcta option - any ideas?

    Thanks,

    Olivia

  • RE: Getting a list of zip codes in federally recognized Native American/American Indian reservations

    Yes. As U.S. citizens, American Indians and Alaska Natives are generally subject to federal, state, and local laws. On federal Indian reservations, however, only federal and tribal laws apply to members of the tribe, unless Congress provides otherwise…

  • RE: Need zip code estimate for Age 0-21

    I wrote a blog post a little while ago about the differences between Zip Codes and ZCTAs: www.policymap.com/.../. You may find ZCTAs usable, depending what you're using them for.

  • Percentage of female led households in a Census Tract and/or Zip Code

    Hello everyone! I am very new at this, and could use all the help the community is willing to offer. I am looking for the most recent data on female led renter households in Norfolk, Virginia. Where would I start in order to be able to pull this data…

  • Pulling ACS 5-Year Median Household Income (Table B19013) by Zip Via API

    I'm pretty new to using API, and have had some success, but am running into challenges grabbing data from Table B19013 by zip code. This is the code I'm using.

    # Install required packages
    if (!require(tidycensus)) install.packages("tidycensus")…

  • RE: I'm looking for a list of geographic variant codes

    I don't have a definitive list, however through some sleuthing I was able to figure out:

    • 16 refers to the congressional district version
    • L6 refers to the state legislative district (lower chamber) version
    • U6 refers to the state legislative district…

  • Problems Fetching 5-Year Zip-Level Data w API

    Hi All,

    I've been successfully fetching ACS 5-year state legislative district data using my API key for years 2010 - 2022.

    However, I am having issues fetching the same data at the zip-level (for years 2011 - 2022). I am able to fetch zip-level data…

  • RE: how often does ZIP not equal ZCTA?

    USD Mapper has a Zip code to ZCTA crosswalk
    ZIP Code to ZCTA Crosswalk
    www.udsmapper.org/zcta-crosswalk.cfm

    Some papers:

    What are ZIP Code Tabulation Areas? March 10, 2016 by Bernie Langer
    www.policymap.com/.../
    More than half of all ZCTAs share more…

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

    Hi Nick,

    Happy to help. Before guiding you to the right ACS tables, just a couple notes: First, ACS doesn't have data on ZIP Codes, but does have data on ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs), which are made to approximate ZIP Codes, but are not the same…

  • RE: Data Quality: Age & Sex

    Thank you Diana. We tried B26001_001E and it was highly useful. Most of the age/gender disparities are in zip codes where this field has a high value in terms of % of total population. Conversely, for 90% of the zip codes this field is less than 5% of…

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