geography.json: Get ACS 5-Year geography levels

API: census.gov:us-census-bureau-api
Endpoint: /{year}/acs/acs5/geography.json
Response format: unknown
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 463ms

Description

Returns available geographic levels for the ACS 5-Year dataset, including FIPS codes and hierarchy requirements.

Parameters (1)

year (string, path, required)

Data vintage year

Examples (1)

Get ACS 5-Year geography levels openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5/geography.json'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5/geography.json")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("census")
result = api.fetch("{year}/acs/acs5/geography.json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5/geography.json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:11:42.783341 200 463ms
2026-04-15 03:16:13.867018 200 884ms
2026-04-14 02:23:08.197572 200 471ms
2026-04-12 16:05:34.529262 200 469ms
2026-04-10 02:36:29.335059 200 430ms
2026-04-09 02:34:23.104087 200 1893ms