ACS: American Community Survey

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American Community Survey

Description

Data from a sample of individuals in the American Community Survey

Format

A data frame with 10,000 observations on the following 9 variables.

Sex

0=female and 1=male

Age

Age (years)

Married

0=not married and 1=married

Income

Wages and salary for the past 12 months (in $1,000's)

HoursWk

Hours of work per week

Race

Asian, Black, Other, or White

USCitizen

1=citizen and 0=noncitizen

HealthInsurance

1=have health insurance and 0=no health insurance

Language

1=English spoken at home and 0=other

Details

The American Community Survey, administered by the US Census Bureau, is given every year to a random sample of about 3.5 million households (about 3% of all US households). Data on a random sample of 1% of all US residents are made public (after ensuring anonymity), and we have selected a random sub-sample of n = 10000 from the 2023 data for this dataset.
** Updated for 4e (earlier versions are ACS3e (from 2017) and ACS2010). **

Source

The full public dataset can be downloaded at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata.html, and the full list of variables are at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata/documentation.html

Specific request for these variables is https://data.census.gov/app/mdat/ACSPUMS1Y2023/table?cv=SEX,MAR,RAC1P,HICOV&vv=AGEP,WAGP,WKHP&rv=CIT,LANX&wt=PWGTP

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