Clear, accurate writing on Census microdata — what it is, how to use it without fooling yourself, and what it tells us about people and places.
We've added three new government datasets to PUMSdata from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: the American Time Use Survey (how people spend their 24 hours), the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (jobs and pay by industry, for every county), and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (where household money goes). Here is what each one holds and how to use it.
Read the post →Building permits are the earliest read on where America is adding housing. We've added the Census Building Permits Survey to PUMSdata — monthly and annual counts by structure type, mapped and cross-comparable for all 50 states, ~920 metros, ~3,100 counties, and ~20,000 cities. Here's what's in it and how to use it.
Read the post →Most Census statistics are pre-packaged summaries. PUMS is the raw material underneath — de-identified, record-level survey data you can query yourself. Here's what it is, why survey weights are the whole game, and what it lets you measure that published tables never will.
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