variables.json: Get ACS 5-Year variables

API: census.gov:us-census-bureau-api
Endpoint: /{year}/acs/acs5/variables.json
Response format: unknown
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 592ms

Description

Returns metadata about all available variables in the ACS 5-Year dataset, including variable codes, labels, concepts, and predicate types.

Parameters (1)

year (string, path, required)

Data vintage year

Examples (1)

Get ACS 5-Year variables openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5/variables.json'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5/variables.json")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("census")
result = api.fetch("{year}/acs/acs5/variables.json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5/variables.json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:38:07.849875 200 592ms 0.7MB
2026-04-15 01:02:46.798114 200 506ms 0.7MB
2026-04-14 03:24:45.648141 200 470ms 0.7MB
2026-04-12 14:31:58.711847 200 753ms 0.7MB
2026-04-10 00:31:11.393495 200 646ms 0.7MB
2026-04-09 00:24:40.245637 200 1013ms 0.7MB