A Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) is a geographic unit used by the US Census for providing statistical and demographic information. Each PUMA contains at least 100,000 people. PUMAs do not overlap, and are contained within a single state. PUMAs were first created for the 1990 Census.[1] As of 2022, based on the results of the 2020 Census, there are 2,487 PUMAs.

PUMAs allow the Census to publish census data for sub-state areas throughout every state. For example, the ACS publishes detailed data every year, but due to their sampling procedure only publishes data for census area that have more than 65,000 People. Only seven of the 55 counties of West Virginia were large enough to receive estimates from the 2006 ACS. In contrast, all 12 PUMAs that partition West Virginia received 2006 ACS estimates.

The state governments drew PUMA boundaries for the 2000 Census, to allow reporting of detailed data for all areas. There were a total of 2,071 PUMAs in the 2000 Census.

PUMAs by State

Count of PUMAs by state or territory based on Census 2020 results[2]
State or TerritoryCount of PUMAs, 2020Total PopulationAverage Population per PUMA
Alabama395,024,279128,828
Alaska5733,391146,678
Arizona577,151,502125,465
Arkansas203,011,524150,576
California28139,538,223140,705
Colorado455,773,714128,305
Connecticut253,605,944144,238
Delaware8989,948123,744
District of Columbia6689,545114,924
Florida16821,538,187128,203
Georgia7710,711,908139,116
Guam1153,836153,836
Hawaii101,455,271145,527
Idaho141,839,106131,365
Illinois8812,812,508145,597
Indiana516,785,528133,050
Iowa243,190,369132,932
Kansas212,937,880139,899
Kentucky354,505,836128,738
Louisiana354,657,757133,079
Maine101,362,359136,236
Maryland486,177,224128,692
Massachusetts547,029,917130,184
Michigan6810,077,331148,196
Minnesota485,706,494118,885
Mississippi212,961,279141,013
Missouri476,154,913130,956
Montana81,084,225135,528
Nebraska141,961,504140,107
Nevada203,104,614155,231
New Hampshire101,377,529137,753
New Jersey749,288,994125,527
New Mexico172,117,522124,560
New York14420,201,249140,286
North Carolina7610,439,388137,360
North Dakota6779,094129,849
Ohio9011,799,448131,105
Oklahoma313,959,353127,721
Oregon354,237,256121,064
Pennsylvania9513,002,700136,871
Puerto Rico243,285,874136,911
Rhode Island71,097,379156,768
South Carolina415,118,425124,840
South Dakota6886,667147,778
Tennessee586,910,840119,152
Texas21729,145,505134,311
Utah233,271,616142,244
Vermont4643,077160,769
Virginia608,631,393143,857
Washington617,705,281126,316
West Virginia121,793,716149,476
Wisconsin435,893,718137,063
Wyoming5576,851115,370
TOTAL2,487334,888,991134,656

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) and Characteristics of Microdata" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "2020 PUMA Names File" (PDF). census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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