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Introduction to the American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files

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Introduction to the American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files

Description

In this webinar, we will discuss foundational aspects of working with the ACS PUMS files, including:

  • organization of the files
  • confidentiality of the files
  • accessing the data
  • geographic availability
  • the PUMS documentation

We will also explore how to use new features on data.census.gov to create custom PUMS tables.

Webinar Materials

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