Detailed Tables

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000505",
  "term": "Detailed Tables",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "In American FactFinder, tables from summary files that provide the most detailed data on all topics and geographic areas from the decennial censuses and the American Community Survey. Tables include totals and subtotals (except for the 1990 census detailed tables). Users may choose more than one geographic area and more than one table that display in a scrolling list, but only what displays on the width of the screen will print.\n\nThe 200 and 2010 Census detailed tables are identified and labeled using established guidelines. Table identification begins with a letter or letters that refers to the type of data in the table, and then a number is assigned sequentially as the tables are produced. Table labels:\n\n• \"P\" are population tables\n\n• \"H\" are housing tables\n\n• \"PCT\" are population tables that cover geographies to the census tract level\n\n• \"HCT\" are housing tables that cover geographies to the census tract level\n\n• \"PL\" are tables derived from the Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File\n\nFor example, Table P12. Sex by Age is a population table with the sequential number \"12.\"\n\nAmerican Community Survey (ACS) detailed tables begin with the letters \"B\" for base tables, and \"C\" for collapsed tables. The \"collapsed\" tables cover the same topics as the base table, but with fewer details.",
  "abbreviation": "DT",
  "see_also": [
    "American Community Survey",
    "Collapsed table",
    "Geographic comparison tables",
    "Quick Tables",
    "Summary File"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/detailed-tables/"
}