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Census Bureau integrations

Connect Census Bureau to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. REST API for querying U.S. Census demographic, economic, and geographic survey data by variable and location.

Connects with an API keycensus.gov
5 actions

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One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with Census Bureau

Triggers and actions 5 actions

  • Action
    Find dataset data

    Returns statistics from a Census Bureau dataset for the variables and geographies you choose, such as population by state.

  • Action
    Geocode address

    Returns the latitude/longitude coordinates and standardized address matches for a U.S. street address using the Census Geocoder.

  • Action
    List dataset geographies

    Returns the geography levels (state, county, tract and so on) a Census dataset publishes, with the parent geographies each one requires.

  • Action
    List datasets

    Returns every dataset published on the Census Data API, with its title, description, vintage and API endpoint.

  • Action
    List dataset variables

    Returns every variable available in a Census dataset, with each variable's label, concept and table group.

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Census Bureau, answered

Is there a Census Bureau MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Census Bureau. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Census Bureau actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Census Bureau. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in Census Bureau?

Any of Census Bureau's 5 actions, including Find dataset data, Geocode address, List dataset geographies and List datasets. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use Census Bureau directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Census Bureau two ways. Ask it to do something in Census Bureau once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Census Bureau API?

No. APIANT connects to the Census Bureau API for you, with your Census Bureau API key. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Census Bureau triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Census Bureau API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Census Bureau connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Census Bureau with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.