Integrated Public Use Microdata Series Current Population Survey (IPUMS CPS) The IPUMS CPS is a harmonized micro data product that compiles individual level records from the U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly household survey jointly administered by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The database spans 1962 to the present, covering every Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) and all supplemental modules thereafter. The series is produced by the Minnesota Population Center (University of Minnesota) in partnership with Unicon Research Corporation, and is funded principally by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health Human Development, the NSF Social Science Infrastructure program, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Purpose use cases IPUMS CPS provides a consistent, longitudinal platform for researchers, policymakers, and analysts to study labor force dynamics, demographic change, income distribution, health insurance coverage, program participation, and a host of supplemental topics (e.g., fertility, internet use, food security, tobacco use). It underpins academic work in economics, sociology, demography, public health, and labor market policy evaluation, as well as the federal calculation of official unemployment rates. Key features / unique aspects - Person and household level records with fully documented, time consistent variable coding. - Integrated supplemental modules (e.g., welfare program participation, union membership, hourly wages, health insurance, tax liability, computer and internet use). - Robust metadata, codebooks, and an online extraction system that lets users select variables, years, and sub populations, ensuring FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data. - Over 50 years of continuous coverage, enabling cross time analyses of labor market and socioeconomic trends. These characteristics make IPUMS CPS a premier, interoperable resource for longitudinal social science research and evidence based policy analysis.