| Name | Abbreviation | Options | |
|---|---|---|---|
| us | |||
| region | |||
| division | |||
| state | statefips | ||
| county | co | statefips | |
| * | county subdivision | cousub | statefips, countyfips |
| * | tract | statefips, countyfips | |
| * | block group | bg | statefips, countyfips |
| place | statefips | ||
| * | zip code tabulation area | zcta | statefips‡ |
| * | state legislative district (upper chamber) | sldu | statefips |
| * | state legislative district (lower chamber) | sldl | statefips |
| congressional district | cd | statefips | |
| school district (elementary) | elsd | statefips | |
| school district (secondary) | scsd | statefips | |
| school district (unified) | unsd | statefips | |
| public use microdata area | puma | statefips | |
| alaska native regional corporation | anrc | statefips | |
| american indian area/alaska native area/hawaiian home land | aiannh | ||
| † | metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area | metro | statefips |
| combined statistical area | cbsa | ||
| new england city and town area | necta | ||
| combined new england city and town area | cnecta | ||
| urban area | urban | ||
| * only 5-year estimates are available for this geography | |||
† only 5-year estimates are available when statefips() is specified with this geography | |||
| ‡ may not be specified starting with the 2020 5-year estimates (2019 for subject tables) |
Supported Geographies
Geographies
getcensus supports most, but not all, geographies supported by the Census Bureau API.1 Users who are requesting data for multiple years should be aware that ACS geography definitions may change between years; see ACS Table & Geography Changes on the Census Bureau website.
A list of geographies supported by getcensus can be found below. For some geographies, users may specify an abbreviation rather than the full name. The Options column indicates whether statefips() or countyfips() may be specified with a given geography. Bold indicates the option is required with a given geography.
Geographic Components
Geographic components are division of a geographic unit by certain criteria. getcensus does not support all geographic components available on the Census Bureau API.2
An example: getcensus [variable IDs], geography(state) geocomponents(H0 C0) will return two observations for each state: one for the portion of the state not in a metropolitan statistical area (“H0”), and one for the portion of the state in a metropolitan statistical area (“C0”).
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 00 | Total |
| H0 | Not in metropolitan statistical area |
| C0 | In metropolitan statistical area |
| C1 | In metropolitan statistical area: not in principal city |
| C2 | In metropolitan statistical area: in principal city |
| E0 | In micropolitan statistical area |
| A0 | In metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area |
| E1 | In micropolitan statistical area: in principal city |
| E2 | In micropolitan statistical area: not in principal city |
| G0 | Not in metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area |
| 01 | Urban |
| 43 | Rural |
| Code | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| * | 89 | American Indian Reservation and Trust Land: Federal |
| 90 | American Indian Reservation and Trust Land: State | |
| 91 | Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area | |
| † | 92 | Tribal Designated Statistical Area |
| 93 | Alaska Native Village Statistical Area | |
| 94 | State Designated Tribal Statistical Area | |
| * | 95 | Hawaiian Home Land |
| * only 5-year estimates are available for this geographic component | ||
| † 1-year estimates are not avaialble for this geographic component |
Footnotes
For access to all geographies and geographic components on the Census Bureau API, try the censusapi Stata package by Jesse Wursten.↩︎
See footnote 1.↩︎