2015 Census Planning Database: Block Group

The PDB is a database of U.S. housing, demographic, socioeconomic and operational statistics based on select 2010 Decennial Census and select 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates. Data are provided at the census block group level of geography. These data can be used for many purposes, including survey field operations planning.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {006:07}
c_dataset {pdb,blockgroup}
c_documentationLink http://www.census.gov/developer/
c_examplesLink http://api.census.gov/data/2015/pdb/blockgroup/examples.json
c_geographyLink http://api.census.gov/data/2015/pdb/blockgroup/geography.json
c_groupsLink http://api.census.gov/data/2015/pdb/blockgroup/groups.json
c_isAggregate true
c_isAvailable true
c_sorts_url http://api.census.gov/data/2015/pdb/blockgroup/sorts.json
c_tagsLink http://api.census.gov/data/2015/pdb/blockgroup/tags.json
c_variablesLink http://api.census.gov/data/2015/pdb/blockgroup/variables.json
c_vintage 2015
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier http://api.census.gov/data/id/PDBBlockGroup2015
license http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2016-12-23
old-spatial United States
programCode {006:008}
publisher U.S. Census Bureau
publisher_hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department Of Commerce > U.S. Census Bureau
references {http://www.census.gov/developers/}
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 0d9fbb17f7e6e25207424f63e74aea084137aab1
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-124.733253,24.544245],[-124.733253,49.388611],[-66.954811,49.388611],[-66.954811,24.544245],[-124.733253,24.544245]]]}
temporal 2015/2015
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • census
isopen True
license_id cc-zero
license_title Creative Commons CCZero
license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-zero
maintainer Planning Database questions
maintainer_email census.pdb.questions@census.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T15:19:02.212959
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T15:19:02.212966
notes The PDB is a database of U.S. housing, demographic, socioeconomic and operational statistics based on select 2010 Decennial Census and select 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates. Data are provided at the census block group level of geography. These data can be used for many purposes, including survey field operations planning.
num_resources 1
num_tags 9
title 2015 Census Planning Database: Block Group