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
Boundary shapefile retrieved from the Census Cartographic Boundary File website: https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.2023.html

##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  was retrieved with a Python script from the Census API.
The census tract data is available by county for all counties in . The script extracted the data for all counties in . 
Each field represents an estimate from the Census for a particular variable or sum of variables, as noted in the Fields section above.
The data were then merged on the GEOID with a corresponding Census Tract TIGER shapefile.

##Additional Notes
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