MLchartDataset catalogue

Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001522

Computerized files containing a small sample of individual records, with identifying information removed, from the census long form and from the American Community Survey showing the population and housing characteristics of the people included on those forms.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001522
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001522",
  "term": "Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Computerized files containing a small sample of individual records, with identifying information removed, from the census long form and from the American Community Survey showing the population and housing characteristics of the people included on those forms.",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/public-use-microdata-sample-pums-files/"
}

Record 1,500 of 2,141 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.