PUMD Data Files

From 1996 forward, public-use microdata (PUMD) are available in four formats: SAS, SPSS, STATA and Comma Delimited (ASCII). Each format presents the data for each year in two zipped files. Data collected with the Interview Survey are in the “Interview” file and those with the Diary Survey are in the “Diary” file.

Pre-1996 PUMD are available as Comma Delimited files. The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research" (ICPSR) provides the data for free to its members. Here is their member list. BLS also sells the data on USB flash drives (PDF).

If you are new to CE PUMD data, you may want to explore the data availability with the NEW Interactive CE Visualization Tool and methodology with the Getting Started Guide. For those using income data in their analyses, we also recommend reading the User’s Guide to Income Imputation in the CE.  Additionally, we supply training programs and sample data (ZIP).

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If you are having difficulty downloading the data, please see the instructions on how to download zip files.

SAS

2015 | Interview (zip) (87.7 MB) | Diary (zip) (10.5 MB) | Documentation
2014 | Interview (zip) (99.1 MB) | Diary (zip) (12.3 MB) | Documentation
2013 | Interview (zip) (101.1 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.5 MB) | Documentation
2012 | Interview (zip) (106.7 MB) | Diary (zip) (14.2 MB) | Documentation
2011 | Interview (zip) (105.4 MB) | Diary (zip) (15.0 MB) | Documentation
2010 | Interview (zip) (106.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (15.3 MB) | Documentation
2009 | Interview (zip) (98.6 MB)   | Diary (zip) (16.0 MB) | Documentation
2008 | Interview (zip) (95.0 MB)   | Diary (zip) (15.2 MB) | Documentation
2007 | Interview (zip) (87.7 MB)   | Diary (zip) (14.6 MB) | Documentation
2006 | Interview (zip) (92.6 MB)   | Diary (zip) (15.1 MB) | Documentation
2005 | Interview (zip) (89.9 MB)   | Diary (zip) (15.1 MB) | Documentation
2004 | Interview (zip) (93.9 MB)   | Diary (zip) (15.3 MB) | Documentation
2003 | Interview (zip) (79.9 MB)   | Diary (zip) (11.5 MB) | Documentation
2002 | Interview (zip) (71.2 MB)   | Diary (zip) (10.2 MB) | Documentation
2001 | Interview (zip) (69.9 MB)   | Diary (zip) (9.7 MB)   | Documentation
2000 | Interview (zip) (69.1 MB)   | Diary (zip) (9.6 MB)   | Documentation
1999 | Interview (zip) (65.6 MB)   | Diary (zip) (10.4 MB) | Documentation
1998 | Interview (zip) (50.6 MB)   | Diary (zip) (10.4 MB) | Documentation
1997 | Interview (zip) (48.4 MB)   | Diary (zip) (8.1 MB)   | Documentation
1996 | Interview (zip) (43.9 MB)   | Diary (zip) (7.5 MB)   | Documentation

SPSS

2015 | Interview (zip) (118.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (14.6 MB) | Documentation
2014 | Interview (zip) (133.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (17.6 MB) | Documentation
2013 | Interview (zip) (137.7 MB) | Diary (zip) (16.7 MB) | Documentation
2012 | Interview (zip) (145.4 MB) | Diary (zip) (19.5 MB) | Documentation
2011 | Interview (zip) (142.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (19.4 MB) | Documentation
2010 | Interview (zip) (142.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (19.6 MB) | Documentation
2009 | Interview (zip) (124.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (20.7 MB) | Documentation
2008 | Interview (zip) (120.3 MB) | Diary (zip) (19.3 MB) | Documentation
2007 | Interview (zip) (114.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (20.4 MB) | Documentation
2006 | Interview (zip) (133.0 MB) | Diary (zip) (22.3 MB) | Documentation
2005 | Interview (zip) (128.4 MB) | Diary (zip) (21.3 MB) | Documentation
2004 | Interview (zip) (130.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (19.0 MB) | Documentation
2003 | Interview (zip) (123.1 MB) | Diary (zip) (17.1 MB) | Documentation
2002 | Interview (zip) (102.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (15.6 MB) | Documentation
2001 | Interview (zip) (108.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (14.7 MB) | Documentation
2000 | Interview (zip) (103.6 MB) | Diary (zip) (14.6 MB) | Documentation
1999 | Interview (zip) (89.5 MB)   | Diary (zip) (16.1 MB) | Documentation
1998 | Interview (zip) (79.6 MB)   | Diary (zip) (16.1 MB) | Documentation
1997 | Interview (zip) (76.2 MB)   | Diary (zip) (13.2 MB) | Documentation
1996 | Interview (zip) (68.9 MB)   | Diary (zip) (12.2 MB) | Documentation

STATA

2015 | Interview (zip) (70.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.7 MB) | Documentation
2014 | Interview (zip) (79.4 MB) | Diary (zip) (10.1 MB) | Documentation
2013 | Interview (zip) (81.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (9.4 MB) | Documentation
2012 | Interview (zip) (83.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.4 MB) | Documentation
2011 | Interview (zip) (82.6 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.8 MB) | Documentation
2010 | Interview (zip) (81.4 MB) | Diary (zip) (10.8 MB) | Documentation
2009 | Interview (zip) (76.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.5 MB) | Documentation
2008 | Interview (zip) (75.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.0 MB) | Documentation
2007 | Interview (zip) (69.7 MB) | Diary (zip) (10.6 MB) | Documentation
2006 | Interview (zip) (76.1 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.5 MB) | Documentation
2005 | Interview (zip) (73.7 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.7 MB) | Documentation
2004 | Interview (zip) (76.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.4 MB) | Documentation
2003 | Interview (zip) (64.8 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.6 MB) | Documentation
2002 | Interview (zip) (63.3 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.7 MB) | Documentation
2001 | Interview (zip) (62.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.2 MB) | Documentation
2000 | Interview (zip) (61.4 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.0 MB) | Documentation
1999 | Interview (zip) (57.8 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.6 MB) | Documentation
1998 | Interview (zip) (44.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.6 MB) | Documentation
1997 | Interview (zip) (42.6 MB) | Diary (zip) (6.8 MB) | Documentation
1996 | Interview (zip) (38.6 MB) | Diary (zip) (6.3 MB) | Documentation

CSV

2015 | Interview (zip) (74.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (9.1 MB) | Documentation
2014 | Interview (zip) (84.3 MB) | Diary (zip) (10.7 MB) | Documentation
2013 | Interview (zip) (86.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (9.6 MB) | Documentation
2012 | Interview (zip) (88.6 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.6 MB) | Documentation
2011 | Interview (zip) (87.8 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.7 MB) | Documentation
2010 | Interview (zip) (90.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.9 MB) | Documentation
2009 | Interview (zip) (85.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (12.5 MB) | Documentation
2008 | Interview (zip) (84.7 MB) | Diary (zip) (12.3 MB) | Documentation
2007 | Interview (zip) (77.3 MB) | Diary (zip) (11.8 MB) | Documentation
2006 | Interview (zip) (84.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (12.5 MB) | Documentation
2005 | Interview (zip) (82.0 MB) | Diary (zip) (12.5 MB) | Documentation
2004 | Interview (zip) (85.0 MB) | Diary (zip) (12.4 MB) | Documentation
2003 | Interview (zip) (71.8 MB) | Diary (zip) (9.4 MB) | Documentation
2002 | Interview (zip) (70.8 MB) | Diary (zip) (9.3 MB) | Documentation
2001 | Interview (zip) (70.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.8 MB) | Documentation
2000 | Interview (zip) (68.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (8.8 MB) | Documentation
1999 | Interview (zip) (50.2 MB) | Diary (zip) (9.4 MB) | Documentation
1998 | Interview (zip) (64.9 MB) | Diary (zip) (9.4 MB) | Documentation
1997 | Interview (zip) (48.1 MB) | Diary (zip) (7.4 MB) | Documentation
1996 | Interview (zip) (43.5 MB) | Diary (zip) (6.8 MB) | Documentation

 

Last Modified Date: May 10, 2017