ACS Data Users Group

Hello,

My agency currently downloads Summary File data from the Census FTP site, but I am curious to know if there is any way to download Subject Table data from the Census website that's not through American Fact Finder. We're looking to download a series of subject tables at a time, but don't want to have to select individual tables at individual geographies. Does anyone know of a tool or utility that can download subject tables?

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

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Andrew Chiang
GIS Analyst
Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Yep. It can be done!
It's a bit of a complicated process. You need to understand the structure of table shells, sequence numbers, etc... but that's all outlined in the technical documentation. See www2.census.gov/.../ACS_2012_SF_Tech_Doc.pdf

And for 2012 data and documentation, see:
www2.census.gov/.../
(For other years, start at this page: www.census.gov/.../)

Beth,

Thanks for your response. This is what we're doing for the summary file, but the summary file does not include subject tables (the tables that begin with S). Is there a separate download for subject tables that doesn't require going through American Fact Finder?

Apologies - I missed the subject-table portion of your inquiry.

I do not think it is possible to download all S tables anymore. That option was available from the FTP site in 2009 for the 5-year ACS (www2.census.gov/.../) but I do not see a similar download feature for more recent years...