The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides data every year -- giving communities the current information they need to plan investments and services. The ACS covers a broad range of topics about social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics of the U.S. population. Much of the ACS data provided on the Census Bureau's Web site are available separately by age group, race, Hispanic origin, and sex.

These data profiles and detail tables are available for the nation, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district, every metropolitan area, and all counties and places with populations of 20,000 or more.

• Detail tables contain the most detailed cross-tabulations published for areas 20k and more. The data are population counts. There are over 64,000 variables in this dataset.
  
• Data profiles contain broad social, economic, housing, and demographic information. The data are presented as population counts and percentages. There are over 2,400 variables in this dataset.

For more information about the data available in the ACS, please visit their data users page.