# Census American Community Survey data

American Community Survey estimates (income, age, education, housing, commuting) for any US geography: pick the year, the 1-year or 5-year survey and the table. Needs year, get and for. Served by US Census Bureau.

American Community Survey estimates (income, age, education, housing, commuting) for any US geography: pick the year, the 1-year or 5-year survey and the table family (detailed, data profile, subject, comparison profile), then the variables and geography. Returns rows as arrays, first row = headers.

- Tool ID: `census/acs`
- Provider: [US Census Bureau](/providers/census.md)
- Capability: [Knowledge & research](/tools/knowledge.md)
- Price: no charge per call
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.


```json
{
  "model": "per_call",
  "amountUsd": 0
}
```

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 2005,
      "maximum": 2030,
      "description": "Survey vintage, e.g. 2023 (5-year data from 2009)"
    },
    "dataset": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "acs5",
        "acs5/profile",
        "acs5/subject",
        "acs5/cprofile",
        "acs1",
        "acs1/profile",
        "acs1/subject",
        "acs1/cprofile"
      ],
      "default": "acs5",
      "description": "Survey and table family: 'acs5' detailed tables (B/C codes), 'acs5/profile' data profiles (DP codes), 'acs5/subject' (S codes), 'acs1' for areas over 65,000 people"
    },
    "get": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 800,
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_(),.]+$",
      "description": "Comma-separated variables (max 50), e.g. 'NAME,B19013_001E', or a whole table 'group(B19013)'"
    },
    "for": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 3,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 ()/,'.&-]+:[A-Za-z0-9*,]+$",
      "description": "Geography to return, e.g. 'state:06', 'county:*', 'zip code tabulation area:94103' or 'us:1'"
    },
    "in": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 3,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 ()/,'.&:*+-]+$",
      "description": "Parent geography filter, e.g. 'state:06' or 'state:06 county:037'"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "year",
    "get",
    "for"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "census/acs",
  "input": {
    "year": 2023,
    "dataset": "acs5",
    "get": "NAME,B19013_001E",
    "for": "state:06"
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

Licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work); Census Data API Terms of Service.

Attribution: This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau..

[Provider documentation](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/census/acs) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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