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  • S0201 SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES (column names are different and don't work with API )

    tomlaheyh
    tomlaheyh

    The col names in S0201 are different. Usually, they have 3 parts, but in this table, only 2, and the API calls fail. Are there some tables with diff name configurations, or is this just some kind of error? I tried to add a middle part (C01), but that…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • ACS-5 fields data pull (seeking feedback on webpage)

    tomlaheyh
    tomlaheyh

    OK, this is a few weeks away from being finished and its in Dev mode and you need to input a field ( B19083_001E ) etc. to make it work, but it should work, I hope? For those who know or have a field name it might help give a quick overview. But for…

    • 7 months ago
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  • MOE for Population Density?

    Rebecca Tippett
    Rebecca Tippett

    A colleague was recalculating derived variables from the ACS for a research study and is trying to calculate Margin of Error for population density using guidance here: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018_ch08…

    • over 5 years ago
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  • RE: Percent Change Between two estimates from non-overlapping ACS 5 Year Surveys

    Matthew Brault
    Matthew Brault

    C = Current estimate, M_C = Margin of error on Current Estimate,

    P = Previous estimate, M_P = Margin of error on Previous Estimate,

    % change = (C-P) / P = (C/P) - 1

    Margin of error on % change = sqrt( M_C^2 + (C/P)^2 * M_P^2 ) / P

    • over 4 years ago
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  • RE: Census Bureau plans to stop production of 3-year ACS data

    Gwen Rousseau
    Gwen Rousseau
    As a demographer for a mid-sized city (134,000 pop) I use the 3-year estimates since they provide the best compromise between timeliness and accuracy. Large areas may be fine with the 1-year estimates, but for smaller places the margins of error are often…
    • over 10 years ago
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  • RE: Comparing ACS data from different geographic levels (ZCTA vs. census tracts)

    Bernie
    Bernie

    The thing that's most beguiling about this isn't the differences, but that some states have exactly matching numbers. If margins of error were the culprit, I wouldn't really expect any states to have exactly matching numbers. Note that there are a very…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • ACS Summary Tables Compared to Microdata

    Jill Kaneff
    Jill Kaneff

    The microdata is a sub-set of the ACS sample.  As a subset, one would expect that it would not produce the same results as shown in the summary tables.  However, I would at least expect it to not vary significantly and to be within the margins of error…

    • 11 months ago
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  • RE: Download "C" tables via API

    Diana Lavery
    Diana Lavery

    Yes, you can get entire tables by using the Group() notation: 

    https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5?get=NAME,group(C17002)&for=state:*

    Only thing is that you get the E (estimate) fields, M (margins of error) fields, along with the EA and MA fields…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • RE: best practices for media use of local trends

    George Malachowski
    George Malachowski
    Hello again, I mistyped in the above response, I meant to say Standard Error instead of Margin of Error when calculating the Coefficient of Variance (CV). The CV is:

    The ratio of the standard error (square root of the variance) to the value being estimated…
    • over 11 years ago
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  • Estimates of non-Hispanic Black/African-American Adults

    bschneidr
    bschneidr

    It's straightforward to get estimates of the total number of adults in a geography and the total number of Black, non-Hispanic persons in a geography, but I can't see any way to get the combination of these things (the number of Black, non-Hispanic…

    • over 6 years ago
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