The standard 2D array response format returned by all Census Data API statistical endpoints. The first row contains variable name headers; subsequent rows contain corresponding data values including geography codes.
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://api.census.gov/schemas/data-response",
"title": "Census Data API Response",
"description": "The standard 2D array response format returned by all Census Data API statistical endpoints. The first row contains variable name headers; subsequent rows contain corresponding data values including geography codes.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "array",
"description": "A single row in the response. The first row contains column headers (variable names); data rows contain string values.",
"items": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"description": "A single cell value (variable name in header row, or data value in data rows)"
}
},
"examples": [
[
["NAME", "B01003_001E", "state"],
["Alabama", "5024279", "01"],
["Alaska", "733391", "02"],
["Arizona", "7151502", "04"]
]
]
}
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