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==Overview==
In the example below, a {{WPV}} has been configured to display all three levels of census data on an organization [[profile]].
[[Image:CensusProfileWPV.png|link=|1000px]] Census Data can be referenced anywhere in SmartSimple: ...on a [[list view]]: [[Image:CensusVariableInListView.png|link=|850px]] ...on a {{UTA}} record: [[Image:CensusFieldsOnL1.png|link=|850px]] ...or anywhere else. Data from the U.S. census can also be used to drive [[branching logic]] on SmartSimple [[workflows]], or perform other [[How Calculated Custom Fields Work|calculations]].
==Returning the Tract Code==
In the above example:* ''22'' is the ''State code'' for Louisiana, * ''113'' is the ''County code'' for Vermilion Parish and* ''951100'' is the ''census tract code'' for the address of Abbeville Womens Equality.<!--what are the last four digits?--> ==Returning Census =FIPS Code Syntax=== In the above example, the ''census block number'' for Abbeville Womens Equality's location is returned using the following [[variable]]: :<font size="3">'''@ssGet(FFD,FIPS;;@address@ @city@ @state@)@'''</font><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">FFD stands for "Federal Financial Data" and FIPS stands for Federal Information Processing Standards.</pre> On a {{UTA}} record, the ''census block number'' can be returned for an associated Organization by using: :<font size=="3">'''@ssGet(FFD,FIPS;;@client.address@ @client.city@ @client.state@)@'''</font>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Note: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission writes:
"Form 477 requires broadband providers to submit data on a census-tract basis. For the filing of data as of December 31, 2011, or later dates, the Form 477 electronic filing system will recognize as valid the combinations of County and Census tract codes from the Year 2010 Census."
- from http://transition.fcc.gov/form477/censustracts.html
Returning the FIPS code makes it easy for SmartSimple's clients to submit forms electronically to the FCC.</pre>
==Returning Census Data==
===Census Data Variable Syntax===
:<font size="3">'''@ssGet(FFD,Profile;;''year'';;''Address or FIPS code'';;''level'';;<nowiki>[[</nowiki>''template''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>)@'''</font>
'''Where:'''
:* ''Profile'' is a constant.
:* ''year'' is the census year from which the data is returned. Accepts '''2012''', '''2011''', and '''2010'''
:* ''Address or FIPS code'' accepts
::* a variable reference to the address, such as ''@address@ @city@ @state@''
::* the 15-digit ''census block number''
:* ''level'' accepts three values, one of
::* '''tract'''
::* '''county''' or
::* '''state'''
:* ''template'' is the type of census data to be returned. Over 45,000 different database fields can be reported on from the online census database. [[Census_Integration#List_of_Commonly-used_Templates|Examples]] are listed below. Note that the template should be enclosed within a double set of square brackets (e.g., <nowiki>[[</nowiki>B01003_001E<nowiki>]]</nowiki> will return the ''Total Population'')
'''Example:'''
In the example at the top of the page, the Median Family Income for Louisiana in 2012 ($56,047.00) is returned using
:<font size="3">'''@ssGet(FFD,Profile;;2012;;@address@ @city@ @state@;;state;;<nowiki>[[</nowiki>B19113_001E<nowiki>]]</nowiki>)@'''</font>
==List of Commonly-used Templates==
The census data templates used in the illustration at the top of the page are as follows:
{|
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|'''Template Name'''
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|'''Description'''
|-
|B01003_001E
|Total Population
|-
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|B05010_001E
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|Ratio of Income to Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months of Children by Living Arrangements and Nativity of Parents
|-
|B06002_001E
|Median Age By Place of Birth In the United States
|-
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|B17008_001E
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|Aggregate Income Deficit (Dollars) of Unrelated Individuals by Sex
|-
|B19051_001E
|Earnings for Households
|-
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|B19113_001E
|bgcolor=#D1D0CE|Median Family Income
|}
A full list of the census data templates can be found here: [[List of census templates]]
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