PUMS README

Data sources:

PUMA to county crosswalk: 
https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/centract_rel.html
***Download the: 2010 Census Tract to 2010 PUMA Relationship File

Census tract population counts:
http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2010/tract/

County population counts:
http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2010/county/

Generally useful data place:
http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/

2012 PUMS:
http://www2.census.gov/acs2012_1yr/pums/

2013 PUMS:
http://www2.census.gov/acs2013_1yr/pums/

2014 PUMS:
http://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/pums/2014/1-Year/



Do-files:

readPUMS: reads in the 2012, 2013, 2014 PUMS and creates extracts with PUMA, age, family income, individual income, employment, and education


xwalk_PUMA_cz: creates a crosswalk from PUMA to CZ. When match is not 1-1, uses CZ with largest population share


merge_cz: merges CZs onto the PUMS extracts