groups: List variable groups for a dataset

API: census.gov:us-census-bureau-api
Endpoint: /{year}/{dataset}/groups
Response format: application/json
Charset: utf-8
Auth: api_key
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 581ms

Description

Returns the variable groups (tables) available in the dataset.

Parameters (2)

dataset (string, path, required)

The dataset identifier

year (string, path, required)

The year of the dataset

Examples (1)

List variable groups for a dataset openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5/groups'
import requests

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

api = zingu_apis.api("census")
result = api.fetch("{year}/{dataset}/groups")

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

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:46:42.461610 200 581ms
2026-04-15 04:02:04.086165 200 1077ms
2026-04-14 04:08:32.871843 200 583ms
2026-04-12 14:09:46.618599 200 2150ms
2026-04-10 02:58:20.190676 200 1801ms
2026-04-09 01:12:37.051088 200 628ms
2026-03-23 10:28:19.220543 200 565ms