[acs-r] Reference for ACS table numbers?

Tue May 10 19:10:40 EDT 2016

Ezra,

I'm curious - do you find census reporter easier to use than American
FactFinder? I've heard quite a bit about Census Reporter but haven't used
it myself.

Ari

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:13 AM, Ezra Haber Glenn <eglenn at mit.edu> wrote:

>
> acs.lookup is really a pretty crude tool -- most helpful when you know
> the table number and just want to see the variable names, or when you
> are looking for some particular needle in the haystack (e.g., variable
> about the "Urdu" language).  Other than that, you just get too many
> hits, as you note.
>
> Probably a better source would be th CensusReporter site at
> <https://censusreporter.org/>.
>
> --Ezra
>
> On Thu, 05 May 2016 16:25:08 -0400, Tim Kiely wrote:
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> > Hi - If I’m interested in looking up a specific table in ACS, is there a
> lookup table? Unfortunately,
> > sometimes using “acs.lookup” returns a frustratingly high number of
> results. Thanks!
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