The newly released data from the 2015 American Community Survey are now available on Social Explorer. Subscribers can access the new data through both our maps and reports. 

The American Community Survey (ACS) is an extensive annual survey administered by the Census Bureau to a sample of about three million households nationwide. The data includes variables on income, race, ancestry, health insurance, housing, commute time and much more.

This latest release includes the 2015 one-year file, and the information is available for geographic areas with populations of 65,000 or more. (Please note that the Census Bureau has discontinued the three-year file, but all three-year files through 2011-13 are available on Social Explorer.)

The new five-year file (2011-2015) with more geographic detail will be available on our site in December once they are released by the Census Bureau.

For more on the American Community Survey variables, methodology, and more, please visit our data dictionary.