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American Community Survey, decennial census and other Census datasets by geography.

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About US Census Bureau

List datasets and geographies, search variables, resolve place names to geography codes, query data and compare geographies.

Questions you can ask US Census Bureau

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“What is the median household income in each county of Minnesota, according to the latest ACS?”

What comes back: Values by county with the ACS dataset, variable code and geography codes.

“Compare the share of residents born abroad in Seattle, Minneapolis and Chicago.”

What comes back: ACS estimates per city with the variable used and margins of error where provided.

US Census Bureau MCP tools

The 8 tools the US Census Bureau server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • census_list_datasets

    Browse available Census Bureau datasets with their supported vintage years.

  • census_list_geographies

    List the geography levels available for a given Census dataset and year, along with the parent geographies each level requires.

  • census_search_variables

    Search Census variables by keyword across variable labels and concept groups, or look one up by its code.

  • census_get_variable

    Fetch full metadata for one or more Census variable codes - label, concept group, predicate type, the table's universe, and margin-of-error sibling references.

  • census_list_predicate_values

    List the codes a Census filter dimension accepts, so a predicates map can be written without guessing.

  • census_resolve_geography

    Resolve a place name, ZIP code, or street address to Census FIPS identifiers.

  • census_query_data

    Query a Census dataset for one or more variables at one geography, a list of geographies at the same level, or every geography at a level.

  • census_compare_geographies

    Compare one or more variables across multiple geographies at the same level - all counties in a state, all states nationally, or a named set of specific geographies - ranked on...

Using US Census Bureau in Kahubi

  • Community server. An open-source server maintained by the MCP community. Kahubi tests it with live queries before listing it and health-checks it regularly.
  • Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
  • Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to US Census Bureau.

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