The purpose of this user guide is to instruct developers and researchers on how to use the Census Data Application Programming Interface (API) to request data from U.S. Census Bureau datasets.
The Census Data Application Programming Interface (API) is a data service that enables software developers to access and use Census Bureau data within their applications.
Researchers and software developers both inside and outside the Census Bureau use this API. Its simple raw format provides greater ease and accessibility for inputting data to whatever format you need for presenting and manipulating these data.
The Census Data API is an efficient way to query data directly from Census Bureau servers with many advantages: