2019-2023 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.
The ACS 5-year PUMS files show the full range of population…
It sounds like you are trying to compare results from a summary of PUMS data to summary file data. Without more information on the specific topic/table you are trying to replicate, I can only provide general comments. Hopefully they help. For questions…
Hello,
I am a bit confused on the county-county migration MOE's, specifically for the geographical mobility estimates for each county. The documentation just says this:
"the files also contain additional geographical mobility estimates for each county…
I'm a non-profit researcher and policy analyst and I feel like I'm constantly banging my head against a wall to download ACS data in a usable format. I have decent statistical analysis and data analysis chops but I am not a coder.
For example…
Hey Jason - here is the Census Bureau documentation on the pre-joined geodatabases: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/technical-documentation/records-layout/tiger-line-demo-record-layouts.html As for the SQL files - that could be a permission…
Thanks Alicia. I had read that readme doc but I was looking for more detailed explanations. One of the Census research paper explains a bit better why the reduced variance estimates are an essential byproduct of entrophy-balanced weights (See page 33…
To follow up on Beth's posting, (I don't think that this solution will be very satisfying but ) I use R and the API to combine across tables and geos. I wrote an R function(s) to do weighted sums, products and ratios across geos and table categories …
We are trying to calculate the difference in median annual income at the county level between those who are high school graduates vs. those who are less than high school graduates. There are both 1 year and 5 year estimates from the ACS available. The…