[acs-r] Block group level employment status data?

Chris Cambron ccambron at uw.edu
Wed Jun 29 17:50:10 EDT 2016


Hi ACS users,
Has anyone been able to use the R package to gather block group level
employment status data for the 2014 5-year estimates (or any other year)?

I've tried the following tables and they produce all NA's:

   - B23001 Sex By Age By Employment Status For the Population 16 Years and
   Over
   <https://www.socialexplorer.com/data/ACS2014_5yr/metadata/?ds=ACS14_5yr&table=B23001>

   - B23025 Employment Status For the Population 16 Years and Over
   <https://www.socialexplorer.com/data/ACS2014_5yr/metadata/?ds=ACS14_5yr&table=B23025>
   - C18120 Employment Status By Disability Status
   <https://www.socialexplorer.com/data/ACS2014_5yr/metadata/?ds=ACS14_5yr&table=C18120>


The Census Bureau has released block group level employment data for
2006-2010 <http://www.census.gov/people/laborforce/about/acs_employ.html>
and says it should be available at the block group level for the 2014
5-year estimates here <https://ask.census.gov/faq.php?id=5000&faqId=8280>.

Any ideas would be most helpful.
Thanks!

*Chris Cambron, MSW, MPP*
Doctoral Candidate
Social Development Research Group
School of Social Work   |  University of Washington
ccambron at uw.edu  |  www.sdrg.org
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