• 2023 ACS 5-year estimates. Missing block groups in NY

    I downloaded a couple of detailed tables (B01001, B01002) and noticed there are 40 block groups missing in NY when compared with 2022 5-year estimates

    Do you know why these are missing?

    My guess is that the estimates errors were high thus the estimates…

  • RE: Looking for veterans statistics joined with household data in PUMS - Help appreciated!

    Hi Julie,

    I ran a tabulation through MAST that may answer your questions, if the 2014 data is acceptable to you. Unfortunately, when I tried to upload it, I got a message that it is either too large or an unacceptable file type. It was .csv, then I…
  • Finding Tract Level Total Workers for ACS 5 Year 2017 Data

    Hello Everyone,

    I have downloaded the B08202 table at Tract Level for the 2017 ACS 5 Year data. The extent I am looking at is for all tracts in all New Mexico Counties plus all tracts in El Paso County, TX.

    I am able to derive the Total Workers for all…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases Documentation Supporting the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2018 American Community Survey 1-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, September 26, 2019. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…

  • RE: Estimating percentiles from range data other than the median/50th percentile

    You can use this CDF to estimate the standard error for the 20th percentile as follows:

    1. Determine the income range group for the 20th percentile.

    2. Calculate the CDF for that income range group.

    3. Use the CDF to estimate the proportion of households…

  • RE: Poverty via PUMS and Poverty using table B17001

    Dear Beth,

    Thanks for replying on the weekend.  You must be a night owl like me. I'm hoping that someone has reconciled the PUMS calculation to the ACS detailed tables numbers for poverty level. When I do this with other variables I usually come within…

  • Comparing Non-Overlapping 5 year estimates from 2006-2010 and 2011-2015

    Has anyone compared non-overlapping 5-year estimates from 2006 - 2010 and 2011 - 2015 at the tract level?  What has been your experience and how do you feel about the reliability of the results?

    I looked at ‘Drove Alone to Work’ comparing ACS tables B08006…

  • RE: Missing Data in 2022 Census Flat File

    And regarding the tract income, page 1 of the documentation says:

    In March, using the Census Redistricting Data, the FFIEC released a limited flat file as the first part of the FFIEC 2022 release. These fields cover only demographic information, not tract…

  • RE: Anyone ever use Maxqda?

    There is the CTPP data products derived from a special tabulation of ACS by the transportation community. It has more workplace data, cross tabs and universes than found in standard ACS products along with worker flows with limited characteristics on…