Data Product Descriptions

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Key ACS Data Products
Data Product	Description
Data profiles	Provide broad social, economic, housing, and demographic profiles.
Narrative profiles	Summarize the information in the data profiles using concise, nontechnical text.
Selected population profiles	Provide broad social, economic, and housing profiles for a large number of race, ethnic, ancestry, and country/region of birth groups.
Ranking tables	Provide state rankings of estimates across 86 key variables.
Subject tables	Similar to data profiles but include more detailed ACS data, classified by subject.
Detailed tables	Provide access to the most detailed ACS data and crosstabulations of ACS variables.
Geographic comparison tables	Compare geographic areas other than states (e.g., counties or congressional districts) for key variables.
Thematic maps	Interactive, online maps that can be used to display ACS data.
Custom tables	Allow the user to extract specific rows of data from the ACS detailed tables.
Summary files	Provide access to the detailed tables through a series of comma-delimited text files on the Census Bureau’s FTP site <www2.census.gov>.
Public Use Microdata Sample files	Provide access to ACS microdata for data users with SAS and SPSS software experience.