Examples of Census Data
• Demographic
• Decennial, ACS, CPS, AHS, etc
• Economic
• Economic Census, LEHD, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, etc
• Administrative Data
• IRS, Public Programs, SSA
• Hard to get public information on all that they have, but they have a
lot. Assume they have what you want.
• IRS data is usually very hard to get, best to have inside
collaborator
• Proprietary Data
• In theory, Census will PIK any data set you can send them which
allows it to be merged with any of these files. No extra charge for
this service.