variables: List variables for a dataset

API: census.gov:us-census-bureau-api
Endpoint: /{year}/{dataset}/variables
Response format: application/json
Charset: utf-8
Auth: api_key
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 479ms

Description

Returns all available variables (data fields) for the specified dataset and year.

Parameters (2)

dataset (string, path, required)

The dataset identifier

year (string, path, required)

The year of the dataset

Examples (1)

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

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

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

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

Probe History

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:01:20.418786 200 479ms 0.4MB
2026-04-15 00:55:51.680145 200 706ms 0.4MB
2026-04-14 00:12:03.214916 200 483ms 0.4MB
2026-04-12 13:30:18.096756 200 468ms 0.4MB
2026-04-10 00:15:22.786367 200 944ms 0.4MB
2026-04-09 02:36:28.982453 200 511ms 0.4MB
2026-03-23 09:40:43.692096 200 459ms 0.4MB