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The home for the API that powers the Census Reporter project.
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Previous years of ACS data still supported? #70

Closed jdgodchaux closed 6 years ago

jdgodchaux commented 6 years ago

Hello!

When I curl for previous years of ACS data, I'm getting a not found error like the following:

curl "https://api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/acs2015_5yr?table_ids=B01001&geo_ids=16000US5367000"
...
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>The acs2015_5yr release isn't supported.</p>

Are the previous years data no longer available or am I incorrectly trying to access them?

Thank you for this amazing tool!

iandees commented 6 years ago

Hello! You're right, the older releases aren't available because we don't have the budget to keep them in the database.

To have access to the data you can download past releases as PostgreSQL dumps here: http://censusreporter.tumblr.com/post/73727555158/easier-access-to-acs-data

jdgodchaux commented 6 years ago

Bummer! Thank you Ian for following up and pointing out the PostgreSQL dumps of past releases!