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Microdata Access

• Current Population Survey (CPS) Table Creator - Generate tables on-line using CPS data with the most current data.
• Generate estimates using your own definitions of income and poverty at CPS Table Creator II. Most recent data available is survey year 2005.

Ferret Data Extraction and Review Files

• Ferret lets you look at already created tables or allows you to create your own tables/extract files
• Ferret FTP Page: if you need many variables or would like to download the whole dataset
• Available for:
• March Current Population Survey
• Survey of Income and Program Participation
• Survey of Program Dynamics Data
• Note: In order to use Ferret, you need to know which survey you want and which variables to use.
• You can do this by looking at the data dictionary of each survey through the Ferret FTP Page.

Technical Documentation

• March CPS Data Files, Technical Documentation
• SIPP Data Files, Technical Documentation

Microdata Access for Decennial Census and ACS

• Census 2000 5-Percent (PUMS) Public Use Microdata Sample Files
• Census 2000 1-Percent (PUMS) Public Use Microdata Sample Files
• Census 2000 Datasets
• ACS (PUMS)Data
  • Data is available for 1996-1998 and 2000-2007
  • No PUMS data was produced for the 1999 period
• Census Research Data Center

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