GET /{year}/acs/acs5

census.gov:us-census-bureau-api

Summary: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Operation ID: getACS5Year
Auth: api_key
Description

Retrieve ACS 5-year estimates for various demographic and economic variables. 5-year estimates provide more statistical reliability for smaller geographies.

Parameters (5)

for (string, query, required)

Geography specification using FIPS codes

get (string, query, required)

Comma-separated list of variables to retrieve

in (string, query, optional)

Geography filter for nested geographies

key (string, query, optional)

Optional API key for higher rate limits

year (string, path, required)

End year of 5-year period (e.g., 2022 for 2018-2022 estimates)

Examples (2)

TitleTypeURLAction
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates openapi-spec https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5?get=NAME,B01001_001E&for=county:*&in=state:06
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates probe-gate https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5?get=NAME%2CB01001_001E&for=county%3A%2A&in=state%3A06

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 09:27:43.305965 200 819ms
2026-03-23 09:08:11.278330 200 893ms