[acs-r] ACS tables that deal with race

[Corrales, Mark]

I would suggest using newer data (2009-2013 is available), and consider using tracts (or even block groups) instead of zip codes/ZCTAs because they are more stable over time and can be rolled up into county totals, etc.

As to which table, you might consider table B03002, which in one table gives you all the counts you need, from which you can calculate percentages, for these eight race/ethnicity groups (which add up to the total population):

Hispanic or Latino
Not Hispanic or Latino: White alone
Not Hispanic or Latino: Black or African American alone
Not Hispanic or Latino: American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Not Hispanic or Latino: Asian alone
Not Hispanic or Latino: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
Not Hispanic or Latino: Some other race alone
Not Hispanic or Latino: Two or more races

Just divide the count by the Total shown in that same table.

http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/affhelp/jsf/pages/metadata.xhtml?lang=en&type=table&id=table.en.ACS_13_5YR_B03002#



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Hello,

I am a bit confused by the ACS tables that deal with race.  For reference, I am currently working with the 2011 5 year ACS tables which are listed here <http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/affhelp/jsf/pages/metadata.xhtml?lang=en&type=dataset&id=dataset.en.ACS_11_5YR>,
and I am trying to get data on ZCTAs. My goal is to create choropleth maps of San Francisco that show key demographic information.

Table B02008 is listed as WHITE ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER RACES but it returns a count of people, not a percentage of the total population. There seem to be various "G" tables that give the percentage of people who are white alone (e.g. GCT0201), but a) none of those geographic units are ZCTAs and b) IIRC acs.r cannot retrieve tables that start with a G.

Presumably I could just divide those numbers by the result of table B00001 (UNWEIGHTED SAMPLE COUNT OF THE POPULATION ) or B01003 (TOTAL POPULATION ), but I'm not sure what the difference is between those two tables are. Can someone give me some pointers?

Thanks.

Ari
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