Missouri 2023 Select Voting Age Population (VAP) by Race and Sex from the American Community Survey (2019-2023) at the Census Tract level

##Redistricting Data Hub (RDH) Retrieval Date
03/19/25

##Sources
ACS data retrieved using the Census API: https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5

##Fields
Field Name Description                                                                                                      
GEOID      Unique Geographic Identifier                                                                                     
STATEFP    State FIPS                                                                                                       
STATE      State Name                                                                                                       
COUNTYFP   County FIPS                                                                                                      
COUNTY     County Name                                                                                                      
TOT_VAP23  Total Voting Age Population (VAP) (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003_008E and B05003_019E)                     
BLK_VAP23  Black or African-American Alone VAP (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003B_008E and B05003B_019E)                 
AIA_VAP23  American Indian and Alaska Native Alone VAP (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003C_008E and B05003C_019E)         
ASN_VAP23  Asian Alone VAP (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003D_008E and B05003D_019E)                                     
NHP_VAP23  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone VAP (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003E_008E and B05003E_019E)
OTH_VAP23  Some Other Race Alone VAP (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003F_008E and B05003F_019E)                           
2MR_VAP23  Two or More Races VAP (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003G_008E and B05003G_019E)                               
WHT_VAP23  White Alone VAP (Not Hispanic/Latino) (sum of B05003H_008E and B05003H_019E)                                     
HSP_VAP23  Hispanic/Latino VAP (sum of B05003I_008E and B05003I_019E)                                                       
TOTM_VAP23 Total Voting Age Population (VAP) Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003_008E)                                       
TOTF_VAP23 Total Voting Age Population (VAP) Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003_019E)                                     
BLKM_VAP23 Black or African-American Alone VAP Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003B_008E)                                    
BLKF_VAP23 Black or African-American Alone VAP Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003B_019E)                                  
AIAM_VAP23 American Indian and Alaska Native Alone VAP Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003C_008E)                            
AIAF_VAP23 American Indian and Alaska Native Alone VAP Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003C_019E)                          
ASNM_VAP23 Asian Alone VAP Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003D_008E)                                                        
ASNF_VAP23 Asian Alone VAP Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003D_019E)                                                      
NHPM_VAP23 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone VAP Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003E_008E)                   
NHPF_VAP23 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone VAP Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003E_019E)                 
OTHM_VAP23 Some Other Race Alone VAP Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003F_008E)                                              
OTHF_VAP23 Some Other Race Alone VAP Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003F_019E)                                            
2MRM_VAP23 Two or More Races VAP Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003G_008E)                                                  
2MRF_VAP23 Two or More Races VAP Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003G_019E)                                                
WHTM_VAP23 White Alone VAP Male (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003H_008E)                                                        
WHTF_VAP23 White Alone VAP Female (Not Hispanic/Latino) (B05003H_019E)                                                      
HSPM_VAP23 Hispanic/Latino VAP Male (B05003I_008E)                                                                          
HSPF_VAP23 Hispanic/Latino VAP Female (B05003I_019E)                                                                        

##Processing
ACS data for Missouri was retrieved with a Python script from the Census API.
The census tract data is available by county for all counties in Missouri. The script extracted the data for all counties in Missouri. 
Each field represents an estimate from the Census for a particular variable or sum of variables, as noted in the Fields section above.

##Additional Notes
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