Upcoming Events

This year’s two-day data training workshop will provide training on using linked, historical full count census data from IPUMS. Session topics will cover history and availability of full count data, geography in historical, full count census data, IPUMS MLP linking strategy, accessing linked census data, and considerations for analyzing linked data. The workshop is free, but space is limited. Workshop applications closed on April 1, 2026.

The IPUMS Big Microdata Network and the Network for Data-Intensive Research on Aging (NDIRA), a collaboration between IPUMS and the University of Minnesota Life Course Center, are proud to sponsor the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference. The conference theme is Novel Data Linkages and Innovative Life Course Research. We look forward to a conference that features research presentations on a broad range of topics that address different stages of the life course that leverage large-scale population data with a linking component to examine life course processes and stages in the U.S. and global contexts. Conference registration closed July 3. 

10:00am CST
Register for IPUMS Global Health Webinar
There is a strong connection between place, healthcare access, and health, however the data traditionally used to measure spatial access are not universally available; this issue is particularly acute in countries with the poorest health outcomes. Building on a series of posts on the IPUMS DHS Spatial Analysis and Health Research Hub Blog, we are conducting a hands-on, step-by-step demonstration of a raster-based healthcare accessibility workflow in Python and R using globally-available, free, and high-resolution data. We will describe open-source code for measuring access to health care infrastructure across space, then attach this measure to spatially-referenced individual data in the Kenya 2020 data in IPUMS PMA. Register to join us at 10:00am CST on August 11th, 2026!

10:00am-11:30am CT
Join us for virtual office hours on Wednesday, September 16 to chat with IPUMS data experts about your questions. Registration is required to attend virtual office hours, but you can drop in anytime between 10:00am and 11:30am CT with your questions for the researchers that make IPUMS possible.

About Virtual Office Hours: Virtual Office Hours are held quarterly and are a chance to connect data experts with data users to get their questions answered in a setting similar to a conference exhibit hall, but in an online format. The goal is to provide regular opportunities for face-to-face, personalized support from data experts in a casual atmosphere.

IPUMS will be exhibiting at the GSA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting. Stop by our exhibit booth (506) to talk data to us.