# US Census Bureau Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-metadata-api/  
**Provider:** US Census Bureau — https://apis.io/providers/us-census-bureau/  
**Base URL:** https://api.census.gov/data  
**Documentation:** https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets.html

US Census Bureau Metadata API is one of 19 APIs that [US Census Bureau](https://apis.io/providers/us-census-bureau/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 3 JSON Schemas.

Per-dataset variables, groups, geographies, and examples

## Machine-readable artifacts (22)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/openapi/us-census-bureau-metadata-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets.html
- **Documentation** — https://www.census.gov/data/developers/guidance/api-user-guide.html
- **APICatalog** — https://api.census.gov/data.json
- **Documentation** — https://api.census.gov/data.html
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/json-schema/census-data-row-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/json-schema/census-dataset-metadata-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/json-structure/census-data-row-structure.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/json-ld/us-census-bureau-context.jsonld
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/examples/census-acs5-get-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/examples/census-discovery-list-example.json
- **Spectral** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/rules/census-data-api-rules.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.census.gov/data/developers/guidance/microdata-api-user-guide.html
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/examples/census-pums-tabulate-example.json
- **Documentation** — https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/TIGERweb_apps.html
- **Portal** — https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services
- **Portal** — https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/
- **Documentation** — https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/Geocoding_Services_API.html
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-census-bureau/refs/heads/main/examples/census-geocoder-onelineaddress-example.json
- **Documentation** — https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/business-dynamics.html
- **Documentation** — https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/international-trade.html
- **Portal** — https://www.census.gov/popclock/

## Other US Census Bureau APIs (12)

- [US Census Bureau 2010 API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-2010-api/)
- [US Census Bureau 2020 API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-2020-api/)
- [US Census Bureau ACS API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-acs-api/)
- [US Census Bureau ACS PUMS API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-acs-pums-api/)
- [US Census Bureau Batch API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-batch-api/)
- [US Census Bureau Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-catalog-api/)
- [US Census Bureau CPS API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-cps-api/)
- [US Census Bureau Current API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-current-api/)
- [US Census Bureau Decennial API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-decennial-api/)
- [US Census Bureau Discovery API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-discovery-api/)
- [US Census Bureau Economic API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-economic-api/)
- [US Census Bureau Geographies API](https://apis.io/apis/us-census-bureau/us-census-bureau-geographies-api/)

## Tags

Metadata

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