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American Community Survey (ACS)

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There are many ways to access estimates and microdata from the American Community Survey (ACS). Learn more about our data tools, along with the product type, year(s) available & data set(s), and geographies included, to help you access the information you need from the ACS.

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QuickFacts
Provides quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography

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Selected estimates about social, economic, and housing characteristics

Most recent ACS 5-year estimates

All states and counties, and for cities and towns with more than 5,000 people

Link to QuickFacts

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My Congressional District
Interactive tool that provides the latest demographic and economic statistics for every Congressional District

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Selected estimates about people, workers, housing, socio-economic characteristics, education, and business

Most recent ACS 1-year estimates

115th Congressional Districts

Link to My Congressional District

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My Tribal Area
Interactive tool that provides the latest demographic and economic statistics for tribal areas

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Selected estimates about people, jobs, housing, economy, and education

Most recent ACS 5-year estimates

American Indian reservations (federal and state), American Indian tribal subdivisions, Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas (ANVSAs), Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs), Off-reservation trust lands, Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Areas (OTSAs), State Designated Tribal Statistical Areas (SDTSAs), and Tribal Designated Statistical Areas (TDSAs)

Link to My Tribal Area

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Census Flows Mapper
Web mapping application for county-to-county migration flows maps

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Selected estimates about social, economic, and demographic characteristics

2006-2010 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release

Counties

Link to Census Flows Mapper

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Census Language Mapper
Web-based map application built to display ACS language data

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Language

2007-2011 ACS 5-year estimates

Tracts

Link to Census Language Mapper

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OnTheMap for Emergency Management
Census Bureau's data for disasters, natural hazards, and weather events

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Selected estimates about social, economic, demographic and housing characteristics

Most recent ACS 5-year estimates

Block groups aggregated to approximate event boundaries

Link to OnTheMap for Emergency Management

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Census Business Builder
Interactive map that allows small business owners and regional planners a way to easily navigate to and use key demographic and economic data

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Selected estimates about social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics

Most recent ACS 5-year estimates

Custom regions built by counties or cities/towns (Regional Analyst Edition), counties, cities/towns, ZIP codes, and neighborhoods (tracts)

Link to Census Business Builder

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American FactFinder
Census Bureau's main data dissemination tool

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Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, Subject Tables

2005-2009 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release

All areas down to block group level*

Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, Narrative Profiles**, Selected Population Profiles, Subject Tables

2005-2007 to 2011-2013 ACS 3-year estimates

Areas with populations of 20,000+

Supplemental Tables

2014 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates to latest release

Areas with populations of 20,000+

Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, Narrative Profiles**, Ranking Tables, Selected Population Profiles, Subject Tables

2005 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release

Areas with populations of 65,000+

Link to American FactFinder

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Summary File Retrieval Tool
An Excel macro tool ideal for downloading tables from the ACS Summary File

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Summary File

2005-2009 to 2008-2012 ACS 5-year Summary File

All areas down to block group level

Summary File

2006-2008 to 2010-2012 ACS 3-year Summary File

Areas with populations of 20,000+

Summary File

2008 to 2012 ACS 1-year Summary File

Areas with populations of 65,000+

Link to the Summary File Retrieval Tool

Note: The Summary File Retrieval Tool is no longer being updated

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DataFerrett
Census Bureau's data analysis and extraction tool

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Summary File

2005-2009 ACS 5-year Summary File to latest release

All geographies down to block group level

Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

2004 ACS 1-year to latest release, 2005-2007 ACS 3-year to 2011-2013 ACS 3-year, and 2005-2009 ACS 5-year PUMS files to latest release

Nation, regions, divisions, states, and PUMAs (Puerto Rico Community Survey began in 2005)

Link to DataFerrett

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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Census Bureau's storage center for archived and current data

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Data Tables

1996 to 2004 ACS 1-year estimates

Varies

Summary File

2005-2009 ACS 5-year Summary File to latest release

All areas down to block group level

Summary File

2005-2007 to 2011-2013 ACS 3-year Summary File

Areas with populations of 20,000+

Summary File

2005 ACS 1-year Summary File to latest release

Areas with populations of 65,000+

Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

1996 ACS 1-year, 2005-2007 ACS 3-year, and 2005-2009 ACS 5-year PUMS files to latest release

Nation, regions, divisions, states, and PUMAs

Link to the FTP site

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TIGER/Line Shapefiles with Selected Demographic and Economic Data
TIGER/Line Shapefiles pre-joined with data in geodatabase format for mapping ACS data with GIS software

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Data Profiles

2006-2010 to 2007-2011 ACS 5-year

Metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas, counties, and census tracts

Detailed Tables

2006-2010 ACS 5-year to latest release

Geographies down to block group level

Link to TIGER/Line Shapefiles with Selected Demographic and Economic Data

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API (Application Programming Interface)
Census Bureau's source for developers to access data to create software applications

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Data Profiles

2008-2012 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release

All areas down to tract level

Detailed Tables

2006-2010 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release

All geographies down to block group level

Subject Tables

2011-2015 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release

All areas down to census tract level

Comparison Profiles

2011-2015 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release

Nation, states, counties, places, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas, and Congressional Districts

Data Profiles & Detailed Tables

2010-2012 to 2011-2013 ACS 3-year estimates

Areas with populations of 20,000+

Supplemental Tables

2014 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates to latest release

Areas with populations of 20,000+

Data Profiles & Detailed Tables

2012 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release

Areas with populations of 65,000+

Data Profiles

2011 ACS 1-year 113th Congressional Districts

Congressional Districts

Subject Tables

2015 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release

Areas with populations of 65,000+

Comparison Profiles

2015 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release

Nation, states, counties, places, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas, and Congressional Districts with populations of 65,000 or more

Link to the API

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*Block groups are available for the first time in American FactFinder with the 2009-2013 ACS 5-year data release. Previously, this geography level was only available in the ACS Summary File.

**The Census Bureau discontinued the Narrative Profiles for both the 1-year and 3-year data releases. The 2012 ACS 1-year and 2010-2012 ACS 3-year Narrative Profiles are the last release in American FactFinder. Beginning with the 2008-2012 ACS 5-year data release, only 5-year Narrative Profiles are available on our website.

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