DOI: 10.3886/icpsr22101
title: American Community Survey (ACS): Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), 2006
title: Archival Version

description: The American Community Survey (ACS) is a part of the Decennial Census Program, and is designed to produce critical information about the characteristics of local communities. The ACS publishes social, housing, and economic characteristics for demographic groups covering a broad spectrum of geographic areas in the United States and Puerto Rico. Every year the ACS supports the release of single-year estimates for geographic areas with populations of 65,000 or more. Demographic variables include sex, age, relationship, households by type, race, and Hispanic origin. Social characteristics variables include school enrollment, educational attainment, marital status, fertility, grandparents caring for children, veteran status, disability status, residence one year ago, place of birth, United States citizenship status, year of entry, world region of birth of foreign born, language spoken at home, and ancestry. Variables focusing on economic characteristics include employment status, commuting to work, occupation, industry, class of worker, income and benefits, and poverty status. Variables focusing on housing characteristics include occupancy, units in structure, year structure was built, number of rooms, number of bedrooms, housing tenure, year householder moved into unit, vehicles available, house heating fuel, utility costs, occupants per room, housing value, and mortgage status. The American Community Survey is conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193, and response is mandatory.
description: The data in the household and population files contain weights. The initial weights reflect the probability of selection and are adjusted for interviewed households to account for noninterviews. Additional weights reflect independent housing unit and population estimates.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Alabama Housing
DS2: Alabama Population
DS3: Alaska Housing
DS4: Alaska Population
DS5: Arizona Housing
DS6: Arizona Population
DS7: Arkansas Housing
DS8: Arkansas Population
DS9: California Housing
DS10: California Population
DS11: Colorado Housing
DS12: Colorado Population
DS13: Connecticut Housing
DS14: Connecticut Population
DS15: Delaware Housing
DS16: Delaware Population
DS17: District of Columbia Housing
DS18: District of Columbia Population
DS19: Florida Housing
DS20: Florida Population
DS21: Georgia Housing
DS22: Georgia Population
DS23: Hawaii Housing
DS24: Hawaii Population
DS25: Idaho Housing
DS26: Idaho Population
DS27: Illinois Housing
DS28: Illinois Population
DS29: Indiana Housing
DS30: Indiana Population
DS31: Iowa Housing
DS32: Iowa Population
DS33: Kansas Housing
DS34: Kansas Population
DS35: Kentucky Housing
DS36: Kentucky Population
DS37: Louisiana Housing
DS38: Louisiana Population
DS39: Maine Housing
DS40: Maine Population
DS41: Maryland Housing
DS42: Maryland Population
DS43: Massachusetts Housing
DS44: Massachusetts Population
DS45: Michigan Housing
DS46: Michigan Population
DS47: Minnesota Housing
DS48: Minnesota Population
DS49: Mississippi Housing
DS50: Mississippi Population
DS51: Missouri Housing
DS52: Missouri Population
DS53: Montana Housing
DS54: Montana Population
DS55: Nebraska Housing
DS56: Nebraska Population
DS57: Nevada Housing
DS58: Nevada Population
DS59: New Hampshire Housing
DS60: New Hampshire Population
DS61: New Jersey Housing
DS62: New Jersey Population
DS63: New Mexico Housing
DS64: New Mexico Population
DS65: New York Housing
DS66: New York Population
DS67: North Carolina Housing
DS68: North Carolina Population
DS69: North Dakota Housing
DS70: North Dakota Population
DS71: Ohio Housing
DS72: Ohio Population
DS73: Oklahoma Housing
DS74: Oklahoma Population
DS75: Oregon Housing
DS76: Oregon Population
DS77: Pennsylvania Housing
DS78: Pennsylvania Population
DS79: Puerto Rico Housing
DS80: Puerto Rico Population
DS81: Rhode Island Housing
DS82: Rhode Island Population
DS83: South Carolina Housing
DS84: South Carolina Population
DS85: South Dakota Housing
DS86: South Dakota Population
DS87: Tennessee Housing
DS88: Tennessee Population
DS89: Texas Housing
DS90: Texas Population
DS91: Utah Housing
DS92: Utah Population
DS93: Vermont Housing
DS94: Vermont Population
DS95: Virginia Housing
DS96: Virginia Population
DS97: Washington Housing
DS98: Washington Population
DS99: West Virginia Housing
DS100: West Virginia Population
DS101: Wisconsin Housing
DS102: Wisconsin Population
DS103: Wyoming Housing
DS104: Wyoming Population
DS105: United States Housing
DS106: United States Population
description: All persons and housing units in the United States.
description: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI); computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI); mail questionnaire; telephone interviewParts 105 and 106 represent, respectively, the entire United States Housing and Population datasets for the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS). Both parts 105 and 106 are quite large and should be downloaded at the discretion of the user.ICPSR suggests SDA online analysis for those users who wish to use the United States ACS housing and population datasets but have decided not to download the respective parts: United States Housing SDA, United States Population SDA.Any state's housing and population data files can be merged via the variable SERIALNO to create a hierarchical data file. The hierarchical data structure represents the responses of all individuals reported living in a given housing unit. Individuals can be distinguished by the variable SPORDER (Person Number). If users are merging files, keep in mind that estimates of family, household, and housing characteristics will make use of the housing weights. Estimates of person characteristics will use the person weights.Users are strongly encouraged to read all documentation regarding sampling errors and weights prior to merging files. Documentation is available for download or can be accessed on the American Community Survey Web site.