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CenterOnBudget / getcensus

Load American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau API into Stata
https://centeronbudget.github.io/getcensus/
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Unable to access 2018-2022 ACS 5-year estimates tables #69

Closed drblanchwright closed 9 months ago

drblanchwright commented 9 months ago

Bug description

Hello,

I am trying to download 5-year 2018-2022 table estimates from ACS, which were released 12/7/23. I am obtaining the following error messages about updating getcensus; when I try to update, it says invalid syntax. I saw on the getcensus website that updating getcensus won't be necessary for new data releases. I am unsure how to proceed. Thank you in advance.

''' getcensus S2201, sample(5) year(2022) geography(tract) statefips(06) countyfips(037) Cannot fetch 5-year ACS estimates for 2022. This may be because: • You need to update getcensus. To update, run ado update getcensus, update. • The 2022 5-year estimates have not yet been released. Check the ACS data release page on the Census Bureau website.

. . ado update getcensus, update invalid syntax r(198); '''

Operating system

Mac OS X

getcensus version

c-zippel commented 9 months ago

Right, starting with getcensus version 2.1.4, there is no need to update the package for each new data release -- but it looks like you do not have version 2.1.4 because you were unable to update getcensus. ado update getcensus, update should not throw a syntax error. Would you please try running ado update getcensus, update again, exactly as written?

drblanchwright commented 9 months ago

This is what I get back:

. ado update getcensus, update invalid syntax r(198);

I am using Stata/IC 15.1. Not sure if that matters. On the getcensus website it says, "getcensus requires Stata version 13.1 or later."

c-zippel commented 9 months ago

ado update is a Stata command, not a getcensus command, and I'm unable to replicate your error, so I'm going to go ahead and close this issue.

You might want to check if you can update your other SSC packages, rerun ado update in debug mode, ask for help on Statalist, and/or uninstall and reinstall getcensus with:

ado uninstall getcensus
ssc install getcensus

Good luck!