Hello,
A question I get from time to time is, how to calculate/estimate/approximate the median (age/income/home value/monthly rent/etc.) when grouping together a few different census tracts. I want to have a better answer for them than, "do it using PUMS…
I thought this was an interesting question, so I wrote a little R code to pull PUMS via tidycensus and create these estimates. If you are not familiar, this is a good walk-through of how to use tidycensus for PUMS data. If you also want standard errors…
I believe S tables are summaries and pull together from a variety. The easiest way for me to find the tables I need is to check out the Appendices in the Summary File documentation that has a full list of the tables. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys…
Gwendolyn -
The BEA RPPs are relative costs - how much more or less this state pays than other states. For actual dollar costs, the BEA Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCEs) are probably more appropriate. There is a table: SAPCE3 Personal consumption…
Well, if you need any info on how we get our senior data, or formulas for deriving various indicators, just let me know. Much of it comes from ACS or other federal sources, so could easily be used for Mass.
Hello ACS Data Community,
I recently stumbled upon a perplexing issue in the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates that I believe warrants discussion. According to the official enrollment statistics provided by BYU-Idaho (byui.edu/executive-strategy-and-planning…
Hello, I wanted to ask about US Census table DP03. I am interested pulling US Census poverty figures at the Census tract level. How can I know if a data point is suppressed. For example, a Census tract 2604.03 in Baltimore City has a margin of error of…
Question 26 only covers this from the standpoint of the grandparent, so references to the grandchild (which they have) is not based on the relation to the person filling out the form. A number of fields do not relate directly to the person filling out…