DataUSA Census & Economic Data Scraper

Scrape comprehensive US census and economic data from DataUSA.io for any city, county, state, or metro area. DataUSA aggregates data from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS), Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other federal data sources.

What data does it extract?

For each geographic location, the scraper returns:

Field	Description
name	Location name (e.g., "New York, NY")
geoId	Census geographic identifier
geoType	Type: Place, State, County, or MSA
dataYear	Most recent data year available
population	Total population
medianHouseholdIncome	Median household income ($)
medianAge	Median age of residents
povertyRate	Poverty rate (%)
medianPropertyValue	Median property value ($)
homeownershipRate	Homeownership rate (%)
employmentRate	Civilian employment rate (%)
topIndustries	Top 5 industries by workforce size
topOccupations	Top 5 occupations by median earnings
educationLevels	Education attainment breakdown (%)
sourceUrl	DataUSA profile page URL
scrapedAt	Timestamp of scrape

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["New York"]	City, county, or state names to search
maxListings	integer	50	Maximum profiles to return (1-500)
proxyConfiguration	object	-	Optional proxy settings

Example output

{
  "name": "New York, NY",
  "geoId": "16000US3651000",
  "geoType": "Place",
  "dataYear": 2024,
  "population": 8483844,
  "medianHouseholdIncome": 3283706,
  "medianAge": 37.1,
  "povertyRate": 17.2,
  "medianPropertyValue": 741500,
  "homeownershipRate": 32.9,
  "employmentRate": 54.6,
  "topIndustries": [
    { "name": "Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services", "workforce": 522310 },
    { "name": "Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance", "workforce": 499020 }
  ],
  "topOccupations": [
    { "name": "Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations", "medianEarnings": 83944 }
  ],
  "educationLevels": {
    "Bachelors Degree": 17.2,
    "Graduate Degree": 12.6,
    "High School or Equivalent": 20.9
  },
  "sourceUrl": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/new-york-ny",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Data sources

All data comes from the DataUSA Tesseract OLAP API, which aggregates:

• US Census Bureau - American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - Employment and industry data
• Census PUMS - Education attainment microdata

Use cases

• Real estate analysis - Compare property values, homeownership rates, and income across locations
• Market research - Understand demographic profiles for target markets
• Economic development - Track employment, poverty, and industry trends
• Academic research - Access structured census data for analysis
• Site selection - Evaluate locations for business expansion

Cost

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Each geographic profile returned costs 1 platform usage event.