dataDescription = md`Five-year aggregations of yearly surveys around social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics of the U.S. population. Used by communities to plan investments and surveys. Covers 87 types of data for 578,000+ geographic areas.
The data compares five year periods that do not overlap. For instance, the 2014-2018 ACS 5-Year estimates can be compared with 2009-2013 ACS 5-Year estimates.
The Census warns that some variables can change over time.
The data is available for the nation, all states (including DC and Puerto Rico), all metropolitan areas, all congressional districts (116th congress), all counties, all places, all tracts and block groups.
- Description source: [The Common Knowledge Project](https://commonknowledge.appspot.com/about)
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