{"id":231,"date":"2018-04-03T17:23:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:55:03","slug":"acs5yr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/acs\/acs5yr\/","title":{"rendered":"ACS 5-Year Estimates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 2010, the Census Bureau releases 5-year averages estimates for all geographic areas, regardless of population size. These estimates are based on data collected over a 5-year period of time and therefore they describe the average characteristics for that 5-year time period. The geographic areas in 5-year averages estimates are available for every state, county, city, town, place, American Indian Area, Alaska Native Area, and Hawaiian Home Land, as well as for census tracts and block groups. The five-year estimates from the ACS replace estimates from the decennial census long form started in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>5-Year ACS estimates can be also accessed via the Census Bureau&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder2.census.gov\/faces\/nav\/jsf\/pages\/index.xhtml\">American FactFinder<\/a> web application. However, detailed ACS tables for block groups are not published in American FactFinder, they are only included in the Summary File product. Our center provides 5-Year ACS Summary File (also known as Detailed Tables) including block groups level data in SAS, SPSS and STATA formats. There are two types of data post on our website: the estimates data and the margins-of-error data in separate files. A file like &#8220;e20095wa_BlockGroup_King.sas7bdat&#8221; indicates all the tables of estimates data at block group level for King County. Please read the &#8220;READ ME&#8221;&#8221; document for instruction, e.g., how to extract variables from a complete data file.<\/p>\n<p>See the following documents for more information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/acs\/methodology.html\"><b>The ACS Design and Methodology<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/acs\/guidance.html\"><b> Guidance for Data User<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2005-2009\">2009 ACS 5-Year (2005&#8211;2009) Summary File for WA<\/a> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Note: The 2009 ACS data are in the 2000 boundaries<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2006-2010\">2010 ACS 5-Year (2006&#8211;2010) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Note: The 2010 ACS data are in the new 2010 boundaries<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2007-2011\/WA\">2011 ACS 5-Year (2007&#8211;2011) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Started in 2010, ACS data is in the new 2010 boundaries<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2007-2011\/US\">2011 ACS 5-Year (2007&#8211;2011) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2011, the Zip Code Tabulation Areas have been added as one of the geographic levels, and they are only in the US national level file.<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2008-2012\/WA\">2012 ACS 5-Year (2008&#8211;2012) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2008-2012\/US\">2012 ACS 5-Year (2008&#8211;2012) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2009-2013\/2013ACS-SF\/WA\">2013 ACS 5-Year (2009&#8211;2013) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2009-2013\/2013ACS-SF\/US\">2013 ACS 5-Year (2009&#8211;2013) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2009-2013\/2013PUMS\/WA\">2013 ACS 5-Year (2009&#8211;2013) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2009-2013\/2013PUMS\/US\">2013 ACS 5-Year (2009&#8211;2013) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2010-2014\/2014ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2014 ACS 5-Year (2010&#8211;2014) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2010-2014\/2014ACS-SF\/US\/\">2014 ACS 5-Year (2010&#8211;2014) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2010-2014\/2014PUMS\/WA\/\">2014 ACS 5-Year (2010&#8211;2014) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2010-2014\/2014PUMS\/US\/\">2014 ACS 5-Year (2010&#8211;2014) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2010-2014\/2014ACS-VR\/\">2010-2014 ACS 5-Year Estimates Variance Replicate Tables<\/a><\/u><\/b><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2010-2014\/2014ACS-VR\/\">\u00a0for US and WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Variance replicate estimate tables include estimates, margins of error, and 80 variance replicates for selected American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables. The tables are intended for advanced users who are adding ACS data within a table or between geographies. Users can calculate margins of error for aggregated data by using the variance replicates. Unlike available approximation formulas, this method results in an exact margin of error by using the covariance term.<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2011-2015\/2015ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2015 ACS 5-Year (2011&#8211;2015) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2011-2015\/2015ACS-SF\/US\/\">2015 ACS 5-Year (2011&#8211;2015) Summary File for US <\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2011-2015\/2015ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2015 ACS 5-Year (2011&#8211;2015) PUMS for WA <\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2011-2015\/2015ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2015 ACS 5-Year (2011&#8211;2015) PUMS for US <\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2012-2016\/2016ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2016 ACS 5-Year (2012&#8211;2016) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2012-2016\/2016ACS-SF\/US\/\">2016 ACS 5-Year (2012&#8211;2016) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2012-2016\/2016ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2016 ACS 5-Year (2012&#8211;2016) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2012-2016\/2016ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2016 ACS 5-Year (2012&#8211;2016) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2013-2017\/2017ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2017 ACS 5-Year (2013&#8211;2017) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2013-2017\/2017ACS-SF\/US\/\">2017 ACS 5-Year (2013&#8211;2017) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2013-2017\/2017ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2017 ACS 5-Year (2013&#8211;2017) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b> <b><u> <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2013-2017\/2017ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2017 ACS 5-Year (2013&#8211;2017) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2014-2018\/2018ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2018 ACS 5-Year (2014&#8211;2018) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2014-2018\/2018ACS-SF\/US\/\">2018 ACS 5-Year (2014&#8211;2018) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2014-2018\/2018ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2018 ACS 5-Year (2014&#8211;2018) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2014-2018\/2018ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2018 ACS 5-Year (2014&#8211;2018) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2015-2019\/2019ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2019 ACS 5-Year (2015&#8211;2019) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2015-2019\/2019ACS-SF\/US\/\">2019 ACS 5-Year (2015&#8211;2019) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2015-2019\/2019ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2019 ACS 5-Year (2015&#8211;2019) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2015-2019\/2019ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2019 ACS 5-Year (2015&#8211;2019) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2016-2020\/2020ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2020 ACS 5-Year (2016&#8211;2020) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2016-2020\/2020ACS-SF\/US\/\">2020 ACS 5-Year (2016&#8211;2020) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The ACS data collection operations were significantly impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This resulted in substantial nonresponse bias in the 2020 ACS data, which means the characteristics of people who responded to the survey were significantly different from the people who did not respond. The Census Bureau revised its methodology to reduce the impact of the nonresponse bias on the estimates and to ensure the methodology performed appropriately at various levels of geography. Detailed documentations can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/blogs\/random-samplings\/2022\/03\/acs-5year-estimation-methodology.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">Our Commitment to Quality: A Revised American Community Survey Estimation Methodology in the Complexity of a Pandemic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/acs\/technical-documentation\/user-notes\/2022-03.html\">Modification to the 5-Year Estimation Methodology Containing Data Collected in 2020<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2016-2020\/2020ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2020 ACS 5-Year (2016&#8211;2020) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2016-2020\/2020ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2020 ACS 5-Year (2016&#8211;2020) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2017-2021\/2021ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2021 ACS 5-Year (2017&#8211;2021) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2017-2021\/2021ACS-SF\/US\/\">2021 ACS 5-Year (2017&#8211;2021) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2017-2021\/2021ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2021 ACS 5-Year (2017&#8211;2021) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2017-2021\/2021ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2021 ACS 5-Year (2017&#8211;2021) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2018-2022\/2022ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2022 ACS 5-Year (2018&#8211;2022) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2018-2022\/2022ACS-SF\/US\/\">2022 ACS 5-Year (2018&#8211;2022) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2018-2022\/2022ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2022 ACS 5-Year (2018&#8211;2022) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2018-2022\/2022ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2022 ACS 5-Year (2018&#8211;2022) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2019-2023\/2023ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2023 ACS 5-Year (2019&#8211;2023) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2019-2023\/2023ACS-SF\/US\/\">2023 ACS 5-Year (2019&#8211;2023) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2019-2023\/2023ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2023 ACS 5-Year (2019&#8211;2023) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2019-2023\/2023ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2023 ACS 5-Year (2019&#8211;2023) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2020-2024\/2024ACS-SF\/WA\/\">2024 ACS 5-Year (2020&#8211;2024) Summary File for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2020-2024\/2024ACS-SF\/US\/\">2024 ACS 5-Year (2020&#8211;2024) Summary File for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2020-2024\/2024ACS-PUMS\/WA\/\">2024 ACS 5-Year (2020&#8211;2024) PUMS for WA<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/august.csscr.washington.edu\/~data\/ACS\/5-Year\/2020-2024\/2024ACS-PUMS\/US\/\">2024 ACS 5-Year (2020&#8211;2024) PUMS for US<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 2010, the Census Bureau releases 5-year averages estimates for all geographic areas, regardless of population size. These estimates are based on data collected over a 5-year period of time and therefore they describe the average characteristics for that 5-year time period. The geographic areas in 5-year averages estimates are available for every state,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/acs\/acs5yr\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":193,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1478,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions\/1478"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}