PUMS 2013 Data Are Now Available

HUD Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data for 2013 are now available on HUD USER.

The PUMS database includes household-level data for 5 percent of households assisted through the Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, Section 8 Project-based Rental, and the Section 202/811 Programs. PUMS does not identify the households in the sample, but includes data on family type, household income, rent burden, race, gender, and other household characteristics.

In addition to household attributes, PUMS offers geographic details about where tenants live (including the state), whether the location is in a metropolitan or micropolitan area, whether the location is in an urban area, and the poverty rate for the location's census tract.

With these household-level data, researchers can calculate results and statistical relationships at levels of demographic or geographic detail not available in HUD's tabular reports.

Click here to learn more and access the 2013 PUMS data.