American Community Survey (ACS) Data
| American Community Survey (ACS) Data | |
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| Project Information | |
| Project Title | American Community Survey (ACS) Data |
| Owner | Jeemin Sim |
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Steps to Obtain Data
1) Go to https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/download_center.xhtml 2) Select 'I know the dataset or table(s) that I want to download.' 3) Press Next 4) For 'Select a program:' choose 'American Community Survey' 5) For 'Select a dataset and click Add to Your Selections:' choose '<YEAR OF INTEREST> ACS 1-year estimates' 6) Press 'Add To Your Selections' 7) Press Next 8) For 'Select a geographic type:' choose 'Place - 160' 9) For Select a state: Don't choose a state, as we wish to download all. 10) For 'Select one or more geographic areas...' choose 'All Places within United States and Puerto Rico' 11) Press Next
Table Pulled
S1401 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT S1501 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT S2301 EMPLOYMENT STATUS B01003 TOTAL POPULATION B02001 RACE B07201 GEOGRAPHICAL MOBILITY B08303 TRAVEL TIME TO WORK B19013 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME B19053 SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS FOR HOUSEHOLDS B19083 GINI INDEX OF INCOME INEQUALITY B25003 TENURE B25105 MEDIAN MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS B28011 INTERNET SUBSCRIPTIONS IN HOUSEHOLD G001 GEOGRAPHIC IDENTIFIERS
Notes on Data
- Educational Attainment are based on population of age 25 years or higher (except for years 2010, 2011, and 2012 - that's why there are fewer entries in those tables)
To Access Downloaded Tables
1) ssh researcher@128.42.44.181 on terminal 2) cd /bulk 3) psql tigertest To view all tables: \dt To view contents of a table: \d (Table Name)
