Quarterly Workforce Indicators Endpoint Restored

The Quarterly Workforce Indicators' endpoints have been restored.

Quarterly Workforce Indicators Endpoint is Down

The Quarterly Workforce Indicators' endpoints are currently unavailable. We are working on a fix, but we do not know when it will be returned to production.

2018 API Changes

API Format Changes: 2010-2014 ACS Estimates

API Format Changes: SF1 2010

Error in the Variable Labels for the 2016 1-Year ACS API

The U.S. Census Bureau fixed this issue and variable labels are now correct. Data for these variables are correct and were not changed.

1990 Decennial (SF1) Block Groups Temporarily Decommissioned

Issue Resolved: Conversion Error for Select 2015 ACS 1-Year Endpoints

The conversion error has been resolved for aggregate estimates with values over 2.1 billion in the 2015 ACS 1-Year endpoints.

Conversion Error for Select Aggregate Data: 2015 ACS 1-Year Endpoints

There is a conversion issue for aggregate estimates with values over 2.1 billion in the new 2015 ACS 1-Year endpoints.

Maximum Cell Return Limits Now Presented

The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing new functionality to allow users to see the cell return limits if they apply to the dataset they are using.

New Category of Required Variables: Default Displayed

New classification of required variables to allow users to see when a default value is used when the variable is not directly queried

Valid Values now presented for categorical variables

New functionality to our discovery page on the data API that will allow users to see a list of all valid values for categorical variables.

Groups Functionality - Pull more than 50 variables with 1 call

ACS Endpoint Changes

Information for the 2015 ACS 1-Year API datasets including specific examples on how both the content format and the endpoints changed.

Moving From HTTP to HTTPS

Census will be switching from HTTP to HTTPS on August 28.

New via API: Decennial Census Surnames

The Census Bureau's Census surnames product is a data release based on names recorded in the decennial census.

Economic Indicator Timeseries Endpoint Changes

On January 31, 2017, we will be changing the addresses of our Economic Indicator Timeseries endpoints.

New via API: Estimates of Pop & Housing Units and Pop Projections

The US Census Bureau has recently added the 2000-2015 Population & Housing Unit Estimates, 1990-2010 Intercensal Estimates, and the 2014 Population Projections.

The 2016 Planning Database is Now Publicly Available

The 2016 PDB is a database of select 2010 Decennial Census and select 2010-2014 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates.

Release of ACS 1-Year Dataset for 2015

The US Census Bureau has released the ACS 1-yr dataset for 2015. Summary files, data profiles, comparison profiles, & subject tables are now available.