Helpful links
Files for Today
Presentation: Census and ACS in the Classroom
Exercise: WebCHIP Exercise
Resources: Summary Data vs. Microdata
More Information on ACS from the Census Bureau
ACS Information Guide
Census through Time
How the ACS Works
ACS Community
ACS Design Methodology Report
Datasets
Census Bureau 2017 5-year PUMS Documentation
ACS 2017 5-year Repackaged Datasets: Google Drive
ACS Compass Guides
- Researchers
- American Indian & Alaskan Native Data
- Rural Area Data Users
- General Users
- Teachers/Instructors
- Media
SSDAN Resources
*WebCHIP: http://ssdan.net/datacounts/webchip/
*PiPS: http://pips.ssdan.net/
Other Tools for Accessing ACS Data
*Social Explorer: http://www.socialexplorer.com/
*ESRI Tapestry: http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/tapestry
*Census Reporter: http://censusreporter.org/
*IPUMS (especially SDA): http://ipums.org/
NHGIS: https://www.nhgis.org/
Brookings State of Metropolitan America: http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/state-of-metropolitan-america-indicator-map
Kids Count Data Center: http://datacenter.kidscount.org/
Urban Institute Data/Viz: http://www.urban.org/data-viz
*Population Reference Bureau (PRB): http://www.prb.org/
*DataFinder: http://www.prb.org/DataFinder.aspx
*ACS/Census: http://www.prb.org/Topics/US-Census-and-ACS.aspx
Other tools
GapMinder: http://www.gapminder.org/