• U.S. Census Bureau Releases New American Community Survey (ACS) Datasets and Statistical Testing Tool

    2014 ACS 1-Year Supplemental Estimates
    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year supplemental estimates,
    The ACS is the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, demographic, and housing information…

  • RE: Racial Segregation Measures

    Sharon,

    Two things. First, the Frey data are based on census tracts, even though their result are for places. Second, there is a recent article in Demography about how the somewhat noisier ACS sample affects dissimilarity measures. That will be exacerbated…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases New 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year PUMS and ACS 1-Year Supplemental Estimates

    2022 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files 

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit…

  • RE: ACS Subjects not available for block groups?

    Hi Ian,

    Indeed, there are a number of tables for which block group data is not available. The reason for this (as far as I know) is that there's not a large enough sample at that level. In other words, the margin of error would be unacceptable.

    …

  • Today: Documentation and Webinar Supporting the 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Data Release

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2022 American Community Survey 1-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, September 14, 2023. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…

  • 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…

  • Today: Webinar and Documentation Supporting the 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data Release

    2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Pre-Release Webinar

    Learn more about the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data release. This webinar will cover background information about the ACS, changes for this release, and where to find new…

  • RE: Visualizing ACS multi-year estimates

    I don't have an answer for you, Lena, but THANK YOU for asking the question! Our agency has also been struggling with this! I will note that your charts don't display the margin of error, which is perhaps one complication too many.

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2016-2020 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimate Tables

    2016-2020 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2016-2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.

    The ACS 5-year PUMS files show the full range of population…

  • RE: Migration In-Flow and Out-Flow

    Following up on the table that added, you can use the Add/Remove Geographies tool to select the MSA's and counties that you're after by clicking through the drop down options. I went ahead and did that for the Table B05006. factfinder.census…
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