Public Sector

Census Data API

U.S. Census Bureau Data API at api.census.gov serving approximately 1,784 datasets across major survey programs — Decennial Census, American Community Survey (ACS 1-year and 5-year), Population Estimates Program (PEP), Current Population Survey (CPS), Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), County Business Patterns (CBP), Economic Census, International Trade, and more. API key obtained via Census Bureau registration.

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Other Resources

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Portal
https://www.census.gov/data/developers.html
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Catalog
https://api.census.gov/data.html
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Signup
https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html
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GitHubOrganization
https://github.com/uscensusbureau

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Census Data API
description: U.S. Census Bureau Data API at api.census.gov serving approximately 1,784 datasets across
  major survey programs — Decennial Census, American Community Survey (ACS 1-year and 5-year), Population
  Estimates Program (PEP), Current Population Survey (CPS), Survey of Income and Program Participation
  (SIPP), County Business Patterns (CBP), Economic Census, International Trade, and more. API key obtained
  via Census Bureau registration.
humanURL: https://www.census.gov/data/developers.html
baseURL: https://api.census.gov/data
tags:
- Federal
- Census
- Demographics
- ACS
- Economic
properties:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.census.gov/data/developers.html
- type: Catalog
  url: https://api.census.gov/data.html
- type: Signup
  url: https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/uscensusbureau