ACS PUMS

TabularIntroduced 2021-08-10

ACS PUMS stands for American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) and has been used to construct several tabular datasets for studying fairness in machine learning:

  • ACSIncome: to predict whether an individual’s income is above $50,000.

  • ACSPublicCoverage: to predict whether an individual is covered by public health insurance.

  • ACSMobility: to predict whether an individual had the same residential address one year ago.

  • ACSEmployment: to predict whether an individual is employed.

  • ACSTravelTime: predict whether an individual has a commute to work that is longer than 20 minutes.