Repository details

American FactFinder

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Name of repository

American FactFinder

Repository URL

http://factfinder2.census.gov/

Subject(s)

Description

<<<!!!<<< American FactFinder has been decommissioned and is no longer available. Data are now available at: data.census.gov >>>!!!>>>

Keyword(s)

Persistent identifier(s) of the repository

Repository type(s)

institutional
other

Mission statement for designated community

https://census.gov/data.html#https://www.census.gov/about.html

Research data repository language(s)

English
Spanish; Castilian

Data and/or service provider

dataProvider

Dates

Started

2013

Closed

2024

Institutions (1)

Institution name

United States Census Bureau

Institution identifier(s)

ROR:01qn7cs15

Country

United States

Type(s) of responsibility

general

Type of institution

non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy name

Scientific Integrity

Policy name

Policies and notices

Database access

Type of access to research data repository

open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data

open

Data licenses (1)

Data license

Public Domain

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload

closed

Persistent identifier system(s)

none

Name of the repository software

unknown

Versioning

yes

Data citation guideline

https://www.census.gov/about/policies/citation.html

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type

FTP

Url

https://www2.census.gov/

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard

FGDC/CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service

RSS

Remarks

Description: "American FactFinder, maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a source for United States population, housing, economic, and geographic data. The Census Bureau conducts nearly one hundred surveys and censuses every year. Note that by law, no one is permitted to reveal information from these censuses and surveys that could identify any person, household, or business."

Entry date

2014-04-23

Last update

2025-02-14

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