Description: The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis about the United States and its people. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $675 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year. Social characteristics include education, marital status, relationships, fertility, grandparents, school enrollment, educational attainment, veteran status, disability status, place of birth, U.S. citizenship status, language spoke at home, and ancestry. Economic characteristics include income, employment status, occupation, commuting to work, industry, class of worker, and poverty. Housing characteristics include occupancy and structure, housing value and costs, rent, and utilities. Demographic characteristics include sex, age, and race.
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Timeframe: 2005 - Present

Subject Domain

Access via ACS
Access Restrictions: Free to all
Access Instructions: Summary data can be directly downloaded from the ACS website. Public use microdata sample files are untabulated records about individual people or housing units accessible via American FactFinder, the Census Bureau's FTP site, and DataFerrett.
Data Type: Survey
Dataset Format(s): CSV, SAS

Data Catalog

American Community Survey