Census Data API

U.S. Census Bureau Data API at api.census.gov serving approximately 1,784 datasets across major survey programs — Decennial Census, American Community Survey (ACS 1-year and 5-year), Population Estimates Program (PEP), Current Population Survey (CPS), Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), County Business Patterns (CBP), Economic Census, International Trade, and more. API key obtained via Census Bureau registration.

Census Data API is one of 21 APIs that Public Sector publishes on the APIs.io network.

Tagged areas include Federal, Census, Demographics, ACS, and Economic.

Documentation GitHub

Other Resources

https://www.census.gov/data/developers.html

https://api.census.gov/data.html

https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html

GitHubOrganization

https://github.com/uscensusbureau

API entry from apis.yml

name: Census Data API
description: U.S. Census Bureau Data API at api.census.gov serving approximately 1,784 datasets across
  major survey programs — Decennial Census, American Community Survey (ACS 1-year and 5-year), Population
  Estimates Program (PEP), Current Population Survey (CPS), Survey of Income and Program Participation
  (SIPP), County Business Patterns (CBP), Economic Census, International Trade, and more. API key obtained
  via Census Bureau registration.
humanURL: https://www.census.gov/data/developers.html
baseURL: https://api.census.gov/data
tags:
- Federal
- Census
- Demographics
- ACS
- Economic
properties:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.census.gov/data/developers.html
- type: Catalog
  url: https://api.census.gov/data.html
- type: SignUp
  url: https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/uscensusbureau