Population By Race and Ethnicity (US Census: ACS 5 Year Estimates) County
data.pa.gov | Last Updated 17 Oct 2022The included data are from the Population By Race and Ethnicity tables of the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey's (ACS) 5 year estimates by County. It includes data on the population by Race and Ethnicity. For additional information about the data, visit https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html.
This dataset has the following 15 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period End Year | year | calendar_date | The end year of the 5-year period of the estimate. Ex. 2019 refers to the years 2015 - 2019. | 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| State FIPS | state_fips | text | These are the first 2 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the State association. Each State has its own 2-digit number and each County within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. For more technical details : Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions, and Associated Areas -- 90 Aug 31 , provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States. Counties are considered to be the "first-order subdivisions" of each State and statistically equivalent entity, regardless of their local designations (county, parish, borough, etc.). Information gathered from census data - https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html | 42 view top 100 |
| County FIPS | county_fips | text | The FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 6-4) which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. This is the 3-digit part of the 5-digit county FIPS code specifically standing for the county. | 067 069 065 001 129 view top 100 |
| County Name | county_name | text | This is the name of the Pennsylvania County. Pennsylvania has 67 counties. | Tioga County, Pennsylvania McKean County, Pennsylvania Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Indiana County, Pennsylvania Chester County, Pennsylvania view top 100 |
| Population (B02001_001E) | population_racetotal | number | The total population (from the Race dataset) | 14506.0 17487.0 135871.0 114598.0 41877.0 view top 100 |
| Population by Race: White Alone (B02001_002E) | pop_white_alone | number | The population with a race of white alone | 82716.0 106211.0 4625.0 291506.0 81795.0 view top 100 |
| Population by Race: Black or African American Alone (B02001_003E) | pop_black_alone | number | The population with a race of black or African American alone | 112.0 323.0 1384.0 262.0 192.0 view top 100 |
| Population by Race: American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (B02001_004E) | pop_indian_alaskannative_alone | number | The population with a race of American Indian and Alaska Native alone | 39.0 72.0 36.0 40.0 67.0 view top 100 |
| Population by Race: Asian Alone (B02001_005E) | pop_asian_alone | number | The population with a race of Asian alone | 117.0 21.0 209.0 160.0 53.0 view top 100 |
| Population by Race: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone (B02001_006E) | pop_hawaiian_pacificislander_alone | number | The population with a race of Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone | 0.0 8.0 15.0 3.0 11.0 view top 100 |
| Population by Race: Some Other Race Alone (B02001_007E) | pop_other_alone | number | The population with a race of Some Other Race alone | 0.0 22.0 26.0 164.0 193.0 view top 100 |
| Population by Race: Two or More Races (B02001_008E) | pop_two_races_ormore | number | The population with a race of Two or More races | 560.0 163.0 730.0 117.0 171.0 view top 100 |
| Population: Ethnicity (B03003_001E) | pop_ethnicitytotal | number | The total population (from the Ethnicity dataset) | 14506.0 17487.0 135871.0 114598.0 41877.0 view top 100 |
| Population: Not Hispanic or Latino (B03003_002E) | pop_not_hispanic_latino | number | The total population that is Not Hispanic or Latino | 112040.0 45189.0 777276.0 183391.0 27782.0 view top 100 |
| Population: Hispanic or Latino (B03003_003E) | pop_hispanic_latino | number | The total population tat is Hispanic or Latino | 445.0 567.0 499.0 174.0 337.0 view top 100 |