---
title: "Occupation of the civilian employed population 16 years and over by nativity and citizenship status, from the American C"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/census/occupation_by_nativity"
tags: ["census"]
---

# Occupation of the civilian employed population 16 years and over by nativity and citizenship status, from the American C

`GET /api/v1/census/occupation_by_nativity`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://georgiacivicdata.org`
- URL: `https://georgiacivicdata.org/api/v1/census/occupation_by_nativity`
- Auth: none declared

Occupation of the civilian employed population 16 years and over by nativity and citizenship status, from the American Community Survey 5-year subject table S0501 (Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign-Born Populations - the civilian employed universe row and the five OCCUPATION rows only), for Georgia and the counties the Census publishes the table for (20-24 of 159 per vintage), vintages 2020-2024: the civilian employed count and the share working in each of the five major occupation groups (management/business/science/arts; service; sales and office; natural resources/construction/maintenance; production/transportation/material moving), for the total, native, foreign-born, naturalized-citizen and noncitizen populations, each with its 90 percent margin of error.

**Filterable categorical columns** (comma-separated values union; multiple columns AND together):
- `citizenship_status` — one of: `all`, `native`, `foreign_born`, `naturalized`, `noncitizen`
- `occupation` — one of: `all`, `management_business_science_arts`, `service`, `sales_office`, `natural_resources_construction_maintenance`, `production_transportation_material_moving`

**Detail levels available:** counties, states (default: `counties`)

**Year coverage:** 2020–2024 (5 years, no gaps)

**NULL handling:** zero is a real value.

**Source:** U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, subject table S0501

## Query parameters

- `year` integer, nullable: Exact year
- `year_min` integer, nullable: Inclusive lower bound
- `year_max` integer, nullable: Inclusive upper bound
- `district_code` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of GOSA district codes (e.g. `601,602`)
- `school_code` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of GOSA school codes. Combine with `district_code` for unique school keys.
- `county_fips` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of 5-digit county FIPS codes (e.g. `13121,13067`)
- `tract_geoid` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of 11-digit census tract GEOIDs (e.g. `13121011100`)
- `block_group_geoid` string, nullable: Comma-separated list of 12-digit census block group GEOIDs (e.g. `131210111001`)
- `demographic` string, nullable: Comma-separated demographic codes (e.g. `all,black,hispanic`)
- `detail` string, nullable: Detail level (whatever the topic publishes — e.g. schools, districts, counties, or states).
- `limit` integer, nullable: Page size
- `offset` integer: Page offset
- `columns` string, nullable: Comma-separated output columns to return (fact columns plus joined dimension attributes). Defaults to all.
- `format` 'json' | 'csv' | 'parquet': Response format: json | csv | parquet

## Response `200`

Paginated rows. JSON returns an envelope with `data` and `pagination`; CSV/Parquet return raw bytes with `X-Total-Count` header.

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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