ACS Data Users Group

2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Pre-Release Webinar

The U.S. Census Bureau will host a pre-release webinar in advance of the 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-year data release. The webinar will provide information on updates and how to find and access online resources related to this release.

Date & Time: Thursday, December 5 from 1:00-2:00 PM EST

Presenters: Charles Gamble III, American Community Survey Office

Jewel Jordan, Public Information Office

Documentation Supporting the 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Now Available

We are pleased to announce the release of documentation in support of the 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, December 12, 2024. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare for next week's data release.

New and updated information related to this release is available now on the 2023 Data Release page.

Highlights include links to the following:

• The Table & Geography Changes page provides details about new, modified, and deleted tables as well as various changes to Census geographies.
• The new ACS Data Release Rules brief describes the ACS data products released each year and the rules that are applied to determine whether ACS-tabulated data products and estimates will be published.
• Check out the Press Kit to learn more about the 2019-2023 ACS 5-year release.

The 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates will be released in the U.S. Census Bureau's data dissemination platform, data.census.gov. The platform serves as the primary way for accessing data and digital content from the Census Bureau.

Will there be an early embargoed release of the summary files?

Hi Glenn, No, the embargo access does not include access to the FTP site and thus does not include the Summary File. The 2019-2023 ACS 5-year Summary File will be available with the public release on December 12.

Caleb, are you sure about that? This would be a change from all previous years. I'm quite sure I was able to download the Summary File via embargo access last year. My downloaded file is dated 12/5/23, two days before the public release. It's a different access point from the public FTP site. As I recall, there's a parallel server with files available for embargo access, which we're able access after web authentication.

The press kit does mention early access for embargo users:

www.census.gov/.../acs-5-year.html

Embargo subscribers will have access to these statistics from Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. EST, to Thursday, Dec. 12, at 12:01 a.m. EST.

So that answers my question.

Hi Glenn and Jonathan, the embargo release is available at this time and the 2019-2023 ACS 5-year Summary File is available in this embargo. My apologies for the confusion, I am confirming that the summary file is available. Thank you!