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There are many ways to access estimates and microdata from the American Community Survey (ACS). 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.

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

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

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

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	116th Congressional Districts

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Selected estimates about people, workers, housing,

socio-economic characteristics, education, and business

Most recent ACS 1-year estimates

116th Congressional Districts

Link to My Congressional District

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

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

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

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

Link to Census Flows Mapper

Census Language Mapper
Web-based map application built to display ACS language data

Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Language	2007-2011 ACS 5-year estimates	Tracts

Link to Census Language Mapper

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

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

Link to OnTheMap for Emergency Management

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

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

Link to Census Business Builder

data.census.gov
Census Bureau's main data dissemination tool

Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Comparison Profiles^/1, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Subject Tables	2006-2010 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release	All areas down to block group level^/2
Supplemental Tables	2014 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates to latest release	Areas with populations of 20,000+
Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Selected Population Profiles^/3, Subject Tables	2010 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release	Areas with populations of 65,000+

Link to data.census.gov

American FactFinder
Census Bureau's legacy data dissemination tool

Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Comparison Profiles^/1, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, Subject Tables	2005-2009 ACS 5-year estimates to 2013-2017 ACS 5-year estimates	All areas down to block group level^/2
Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, Narrative Profiles^/4, Selected Population Profiles, Subject Tables	2005-2007 to 2011-2013 ACS 3-year estimates	Areas with populations of 20,000+
Supplemental Tables	2014 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates to 2017 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates	Areas with populations of 20,000+
Comparison Profiles, Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, Narrative Profiles^/4, Ranking Tables, Selected Population Profiles, Subject Tables	2005 ACS 1-year estimates to 2017 ACS 1-year estimates	Areas with populations of 65,000+

Link to American FactFinder

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

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

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

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

Link to data.census.gov/mdat

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

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

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

Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Data Profiles	2006-2010 to 2007-2011 ACS 5-year	Metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas, counties, and census tracts
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

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

Topics/Product Type Included:	Year(s) Available & Data Set(s) Included:	Geographies Included:
Data Profiles	2008-2012 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release	All areas down to tract level
Detailed Tables	2006-2010 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release	All geographies down to block group level
Subject Tables	2011-2015 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release	All areas down to census tract level
Comparison Profiles	2011-2015 ACS 5-year estimates to latest release	Nation, states, counties, places, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas, and Congressional Districts
Data Profiles & Detailed Tables	2010-2012 to 2011-2013 ACS 3-year estimates	Areas with populations of 20,000+
Supplemental Tables	2014 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates to latest release	Areas with populations of 20,000+
Data Profiles & Detailed Tables	2012 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release	Areas with populations of 65,000+
Data Profiles	2011 ACS 1-year 113th Congressional Districts	Congressional Districts
Subject Tables	2015 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release	Areas with populations of 65,000+
Selected Population Profiles	2018 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release	Areas with populations of 65,000+
Comparison Profiles	2015 ACS 1-year estimates to latest release	Nation, states, counties, places, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas, and Congressional Districts with populations of 65,000+

Link to the API

^/1Comparison Profiles begin with the 2011-2015 ACS 5-year release.

^/2Block groups are available for the first time in American FactFinder with the 2009-2013 ACS 5-year data release. Previously, this geography level was only available in the ACS Summary File.

^/3Selected Population Profiles are currently on data.census.gov for the 2016 and 2017 ACS 1-year estimates. Selected Population Profiles for 2010 to 2015 ACS 1-year estimates will be added to data.census.gov moving forward.

^/4The Census Bureau discontinued the Narrative Profiles for both the 1-year and 3-year data releases. The 2012 ACS 1-year and 2010-2012 ACS 3-year Narrative Profiles are the last release in American FactFinder. Beginning with the 2008-2012 ACS 5-year data release, only 5-year Narrative Profiles are available on our website.

^/5Microdata access for data from the Puerto Rico Community Survey will be available on data.census.gov moving forward.

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

Census Language Mapper Web-based map application built to display ACS language data

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

OnTheMap for Emergency ManagementCensus Bureau's data for disasters, natural hazards, and weather events

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

data.census.gov Census Bureau's main data dissemination tool

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

American FactFinder Census Bureau's legacy data dissemination tool

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Topics/Product Type Included:

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

Geographies Included:

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

Census Language Mapper
Web-based map application built to display ACS language data

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

data.census.gov
Census Bureau's main data dissemination tool

American FactFinder
Census Bureau's legacy data dissemination tool

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

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

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