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  • 1.  ACS 14-18 Poverty Status for Census Block Groups?

    Posted 02-27-2020 11:22 AM

    Hello,

    I am looking for block-group data on Poverty Status (from Table B05010 or Table B06012) from the 2014-2018 ACS 5-year file. It does not appear that these tables are available. (data.census.gov only provides national results.) Can someone confirm what data is available?

    Thanks,

    Adam B.



  • 2.  RE: ACS 14-18 Poverty Status for Census Block Groups?

    Posted 02-27-2020 03:53 PM
    The Census doesn't provide block-group data for either B05010 or B06012. This is the case for many of the ACS 5-year tables. You can look up which tables don't have block group data in the 2018 5-Year Appendices, available through this page:

    www.census.gov/.../summary-file-documentation.html

    If you use NHGIS (https://nhgis.org) to get ACS data, NHGIS separates the tables with block group data into a separate dataset ("2014_2018_ACS5a" instead of "2014_2018_ACS5b"), so it's easy to see what's available for block groups.

    Note: The 2 tables you're looking for do have data for most other levels besides block groups--not just national results--so you should be able to get tract data, for example, if that's adequate for your needs.