ACS Data Users Group

Hi all! Sharing in case this is of interest to you all as ACS data users- The Census Quality Reinforcement (CQR) Task Force has ...

The Census SAIPE (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates) may have some additional estimates. This is the data that supports ...

It has long bothered me that small geographies have to rely on 5-year sample estimates, but there is observable structural bias ...

I published a blog post looking at some of the questions ACS data users have asked most often over the past decade: https://federaldataforum.prb.org/acsdatausersgroup/blogs/mark-mather/2026/06/01/what-acs-data-users-want-to-know ...

Dear Lorna, I've done some work with the SPM. Have you looked at https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2020/demo/SEHSD-WP2020-09.pdf ...

For what it is worth, I have had persistent issues with the API interface when downoloading both ACS tables (B S C etc) and PUMS ...

Mark, I'm seeing a similar error, so this may be an issue on the Census Bureau platform. Have you checked NHGIS to see if they ...

Hello All, I have been trying to download table data and have been getting "preparation failed" messages. I have used four different ...

Hi Rochelle, This is likely due to a methodological change in how the Census Bureau codes and tabulates race responses, rather ...

I am doing trend analysis on ratio of income to poverty table B17001G for Travis County Texas In 2024 5-year ACS the estimate ...