• Results from 2020 ACS Data Users Survey

  • RE: Downloading large files

    Hi Sherrina, the files are now uploaded - there are separate zip files for the estimates tables and margin of error (MOE) tables. 

    I've got the U.S. and Virginia files up. (and Arizona, because that's mainly what I use, but dont think you need that):…

  • RE: 2019 ACS: Subject Tables and Data Profile Tables in R using tidycensus

    Hi, George. Tacking this on to Matt H's reply, `tidycensus::load_variables()` will give you only the combined labels, which can be difficult to sift through to find what you're looking for. For example, S0501_C01_088 has the label "Estimate!!Total…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2017-2021 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimate Tables, and Data Products for 118th Congress

    2017-2021 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.

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

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases New 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year PUMS and ACS 1-Year Supplemental Estimates

    2021 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files 

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit…

  • Message from Jonathan Lupton

    I am particularly interested in using ACS data to make small-area population estimates. While it's easy to count housing units, there are constant changes in household size and occupancy that can affect population size. So far, the ACS has helped me with…

  • Extreme Values for Race-Specific Unemployment Rates

    Hi all,

    New here!  I've been lurking for a couple of months as I try to get myself familiarized with the quirks of working with ACS data.  But I have run into a problem with some perplexing estimates in some key variables used in my research, and I…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2015-2019 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimate Tables

    2015-2019 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.

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

  • 2015 ACS Release Schedule Announced

    2015 ACS Release Schedule Announced

    2015 ACS 1-Year Estimates 

    The 2015 ACS 1-year estimates will be released on Thursday, September 15, 2016. These data will be available for the nation, all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional…

  • RE: ACS vs Census populations at the ZCTA level

    You must keep in mind that the data is collected continuously. About 1/5 of the sample was collected in 2008, 1/5 in 2009 and so on. The Bureau stresses that it is not an average. It has a 5 year sampling frame. The sample size over the 5 years is still…
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