The Census Bureau released the 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, housing, and demographic information every year. The ACS is the only source of local statistics for most of the 40+ topics it covers, such as educational attainment, occupation, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry, and selected monthly homeowner costs.
ACS 5-year estimates are available for all geographic areas regardless of population size, down to the block-group level. Today’s 2015-2019 ACS 5-year release will also include all data products, including Data Profiles, Comparison Profiles, Detailed Tables, Subject Tables and more. For more information, visit the 2019 Data Release Schedule page.
Visit the Census Bureau’s data.census.gov or use the Census API to start exploring these estimates. Data.census.gov is our primary data dissemination platform to access data from the Census Bureau, and the platform works best in Google Chrome. Learn more about data.census.gov resources.
Data Release Resources include links to the following:
- Guidance for Data Users:Learn more about the types of data tables and tools available, and get guidance about when to use 1-year and 5-year estimates.
- 2015-2019 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles: 2015-2019 ACS 5-year Narrative Profiles are available for the nation, state, county, place, metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, ZIP Code Tabulation Area, American Indian Area/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Home Land and census tract. Narrative Profiles summarize many topics using nontechnical text and graphs.
- Updated 5-year to 5-year Comparison Guidance: Visit our Comparing 2010-2014 ACS 5-year and 2015-2019 ACS 5-year page for guidance on comparing these datasets by subject area.
- Summary File Data: The 2015-2019 ACS 5-year Summary File data on the FTP site are now available. Supporting materials were released last week.
- 5-year Webinar: The slides, transcript, and recording from the 2015-2019 ACS 5-year Pre-Release webinar will be available soon. This webinar covers background information about the ACS, changes for this release, and where to find new data release information on the ACS website. In addition, we demonstrate how to access block group level data in data.census.gov.
- 5-year Press Kit: View the 2015-2019 ACS 5-year Press Kit to access background materials to write stories about this release. The press kit includes a wide range of resources, including the press release.
- Data Visualization: Check out our latest data visualizations:
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What can you learn about counties from the American Community Survey? |
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Median Household Income: 2015-2019 |
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Percentage of People in Poverty by County: 2015-2019 |
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Percentage of Population Aged 25 Years and Over With a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 2015-2019 |