Dear Andy,
The relationship file that I referenced is for the 2020 PUMAs (posted on the census website) but they are not in use yet for the current 2021 PUMS data (I use the API). The relationship file in the post has a lot of PUMAs that do not exist…
Hi,
I'm looking to cross tabulate a few different variables with a dichotomous poverty variable (below threshold or not) in the 1-year PUMS. I derived the poverty status variable by recoding the income to poverty ratio. Unfortunately the statistical…
Hi, Mara -- taking a weighted average of block group medians can give you misleading results, because the median depends on the income distributions of the different block groups. If the block group pieces you're combining have roughly symmetrical distributions…
I have a fair number of saved searches such as;
https://data.census.gov/table?q=S2201&g=050XX00US01001&y=2022&tid=ACSST5Y2022.S2201&moe=false
This was a 2021 search but I have a variable for the year, and I just update it to 2022 and they…
I'm working on a R package that will give the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) at the tract level. Eventually I hope to post the package on GItHub. The method uses PUMS data including the SPM PUMS data https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series…
Dear Steve
I'm working on an R function that creates an LEP table for a Place or CSD. The table contains all the languages for the PUMS LANP variable that occur in the PUMA. 180+ potential languages;
What is the city/town (CSD or Place) I have that…
Hello,
I am unable to make a map using American factfinder. Any time I try to make a map using any kind of data, I get an error where the map reads nothing. What is going on here? Is there an issue with the website at the moment?