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    San Francisco Population and Demographic Census Data

    Metadata Updated: March 29, 2025

    A. SUMMARY This dataset contains population and demographic estimates and associated margins of error obtained and derived from the US Census. The data is presented over multiple years and geographies. The data is sourced primarily from the American Community Survey.

    B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED The raw data is obtained from the census API. Some estimates as published as-is and some are derived.

    C. UPDATE PROCESS New estimates and years of data are appended to this dataset. To request additional census data for San Francisco, email support@datasf.org

    D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET The dataset is long and contains multiple estimates, years and geographies. To use this dataset, you can filter by the overall segment which contains information about the source, years, geography, demographic category and reporting segment. For census data used in specific reports, you can filter to the reporting segment. To use a subset of the data, you can create a filtered view. More information of how to filter data and create a view can be found here

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 9, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date September 9, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025
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    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2022-07-27
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-27
    Category Economy and Community
    Public Access Level public
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    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/4qbq-hvtt
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
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    Source Hash b2e8cf8ce9fe1e952d454a1c7ef0bc7a2492dd6e8a97c2a3bbbf88560cae6c09
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