2025 SSDAN Webinar Series: Analyzing Data from the 2023 American Community Survey in R

The US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey is the best resource for detailed demographic data on the United States population and is used widely across industries for up-to-date local insights. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use the latest data from the 2023 ACS using R and the tidycensus R package. Workshop participants will learn the fundamentals of working with both the 1-year and 5-year ACS datasets; how to analyze ACS data using the tidyverse, a popular framework in R for data wrangling and management; and how to create demographic data visualizations. No prior experience with R or Census data is required to participate.