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Q&A roundup: housing downloads, keywords and choosing smaller tables
Summary
During the livestream Q&A, the presenter answered a question on downloading housing data for all U.S. counties (use the 'all counties within the US' filter and ACS 5‑year), reiterated recommended search keywords, and recommended detailed tables for simpler downloads.
An attendee asked how to download housing data for all U.S. counties; Faith read the question and Tyson Weister recommended using the geography filter for "all counties within The US," applying the housing topic filter and switching to ACS 5‑year estimates when geographies are small. He advised, "If you're seeing lots of strange characters in the results, I would recommend making sure you're clicked into ACS 5 year, instead of perhaps ACS 1 year," and suggested emailing a link to the table if issues persist.
On keywords, Weister reiterated examples to lead to filters: topics, geographies, table IDs, year and codes; a panelist suggested detailed tables when users want smaller files with fewer columns. The presenters closed by inviting follow‑up questions via census.data@census.gov and by promoting the Census Academy resources.
