ACS PUMS privacy

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What is ACS 1-Year PUMS, and how do you balance detail with privacy?

ACS 1-Year PUMS is annual Census microdata that supports deep demographic, social, economic, and housing analysis—modeled in CensusVision. Because microdata privacy matters, neighborhood-level analysis uses PUMA geographies; for tract-level views, we rely on summarized ACS (5-year) data to preserve anonymity while still enabling market insight.