`census_population`

Pack: census · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/census_population for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE somewhere in the United States — the population of a county, city, town, ZIP code or state from the American Community Survey. Answers “population of Travis County Texas”, “how many people live in Austin”, “what is the population of 78701”, “Ohio population”. Say the place the way a person says it (“Travis County, TX”, “Austin, TX”, “78701”, “Texas”); no FIPS codes and no variable codes needed. Also returns median age, household count and median household income for the same place when the survey publishes them. Figures are 5-year survey estimates, so they describe a period rather than a census-day headcount. For what homes cost or rent there, use census_acs.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`place`	string	yes	The place, in plain English: “Travis County, TX”, “Austin, TX”, “78701”, “Texas”. A county or place name works best with its state.
`year`	number	no	ACS 5-year survey year (default 2022; available from 2009).
`_apiKey`	string	no	Census API key

Example call

Arguments

{
  "place": "Travis County, TX"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"census_population","arguments":{"place":"Travis County, TX"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('census_population', {
  "place": "Travis County, TX"
});

More examples

{
  "place": "Austin, TX",
  "year": 2022
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the census pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "census": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

census_population