Data.census.gov is the Census Bureau's primary tool for accessing data from the American Community Survey (ACS). However, there are many other ways to access ACS estimates and microdata. 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.

We also have an ACS Data Products Availability spreadsheet to help you figure out if your data product is available in data.census.gov, the API, and/or the FTP site.

Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:

Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Subject Tables	2006-2010 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release	All areas down to block group level^/1
Data Profiles, Detailed Tables	2006-2010 and 2011-2015 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables and American Indian and Alaska Native Tables^/2	Selected geographies down to tract level
Supplemental Tables	2014 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates to latest standard release	Areas with populations of 20,000+
Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Selected Population Profiles, Subject Tables	2010 ACS 1-year estimates to latest standard release	Areas with populations of 65,000+

Link to data.census.gov and How-to Materials for Using data.census.gov

Note: The table above may not represent the full availability of each data product. To view detailed availability, view the ACS Data Products Availability spreadsheet.

Narrative Profiles are available on the ACS website beginning with the 2010-2014 ACS 5-year data release. Ranking Tables and Geographic Comparison Tables are also available on the ACS website as a list of links to individual files posted on the FTP site. None of these products are available in data.census.gov.

^/1Block groups were available for the first time in data.census.gov with the 2009-2013 ACS 5-year data release. Previously, this geography level was only available in the ACS Summary File.

^/2Visit the Race/Ethnicity and American Indian & Alaska Native Data page to learn more about this release.

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
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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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Selected estimates about people, workers, housing, socio-economic characteristics, education, and business	Most recent ACS 1-year estimates	117th Congressional Districts

Link to My Congressional District

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
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)

Topics/Product Type Included:

Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:

Geographies Included:

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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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Selected estimates about social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics	2006-2010 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release	Counties

Link to Census Flows Mapper

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Selected estimates about social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics	2015-2019 ACS 5-year estimates	States and counties

Link to My Community Explorer

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Selected estimates about social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics	2015-2019 ACS 5-year estimates	States and counties

Link to COVID-19 Data Hub

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Selected estimates about social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics	Most recent ACS 5-year estimates	Block groups aggregated to approximate event boundaries

Link to OnTheMap for Emergency Management

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Selected estimates about social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics	Most recent ACS 5-year estimates	Regional Analyst Edition- Custom regions built by states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities/towns, ZIP codes, and neighborhoods (tracts) Small Business Edition- States, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities/towns, ZIP codes, and neighborhoods (tracts)

Topics/Product Type Included:

Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:

Geographies Included:

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

Most recent ACS 5-year estimates

Regional Analyst Edition- Custom regions built by states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities/towns, ZIP codes, and neighborhoods (tracts)

Small Business Edition- States, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities/towns, ZIP codes, and neighborhoods (tracts)

Link to Census Business Builder

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)	2005-2009 ACS 5-year to latest release	Nation, regions, divisions, states, and PUMAs
Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)	2004 ACS 1-year to latest release (Puerto Rico Community Survey began in 2005)	Nation, regions, divisions, states, and PUMAs (PUMAs available starting in 2005)

Topics/Product Type Included:

Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:

Geographies Included:

Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

2005-2009 ACS 5-year to latest release

Nation, regions, divisions, states, and PUMAs

Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

2004 ACS 1-year to latest release (Puerto Rico Community Survey began in 2005)

Nation, regions, divisions, states, and PUMAs
(PUMAs available starting in 2005)

Link to data.census.gov/mdat and How-to Materials for Using the Microdata Access

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
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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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Experimental Data	2020 ACS 1-year experimental estimates	Nation, state, and the District of Columbia
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

Note: View the ACS Data Products Availability spreadsheet for the exact availability of each data product for each data release in the API. The table above may not represent every detail.

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Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
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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Topics/Product Type Included:	Data Set(s) & Year(s) Available:	Geographies Included:
Data Profiles (DP)	American Community Survey 1-Year Data (2005-present) American Community Survey 3-Year Data (2007-2013) American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-present)	All geographies down to census tract level
Detailed Tables (B or C)	American Community Survey 1-Year Data (2005-present) American Community Survey 3-Year Data (2007-2013) American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-present)	All geographies down to block group level
Subject Tables (S)	American Community Survey 1-Year Data (2010-present) American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2010-present)	All areas down to census tract level
Comparison Profiles (CP)	American Community Survey 1-Year Data (2010-present) American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2015-present)	Nation, states, counties, places, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas, and Congressional Districts
Supplemental Tables (K)	American Community Survey 1-Year Supplemental Data (2015-present)	Areas with populations of 20,000+

Link to the API and Using the Census Data API with the ACS

Note: The table above may not represent the full availability of each data product. To view detailed availability, view the ACS Data Products Availability spreadsheet.

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Related Information

How-to Materials for Using data.census.gov

How-to Materials for Using the Microdata Access

American Community Survey Data via API

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American Community Survey Data Tools

American Community Survey Data Tools

Topics/Product Type Included:

Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:

Geographies Included:

data.census.gov — Census Bureau's primary data dissemination tool

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

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

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

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

My Community Explorer - Interactive map-based tool that highlights demographic and socioeconomic data that measure inequality

COVID-19 Data Hub — Demographic and economic data hub designed for COVID-19 pandemic decision making

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

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

Microdata Access in data.census.gov — Create Custom Tables with PUMS in data.census.gov

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

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

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

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

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