---
title: "Census Bureau integration for LuumenAI"
url: "https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/census-bureau/"
entity: SoftwareIntegration
category: "Databases & data platforms"
audience: "SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, IT operations"
---

# Census Bureau integration for LuumenAI

Census demographic and geographic data, read straight from the terminal

## What LuumenAI can do with Census Bureau

LuumenAI connects to Census Bureau with an API token and exposes 81 tools (81 read-only). Every tool is read-only, so it can answer questions from Census Bureau but cannot change anything in it.

## Key facts

- Authentication: API token
- Tools available: 81 tools (81 read-only)
- Plan: available on all plans
- Category: Databases & data platforms

## About Census Bureau with LuumenAI

Ask for the numbers behind a place without leaving your session. Turn an address into state, county, tract, and block codes with CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_ADDRESS_GEOGRAPHIES, then pull population or income detail with CENSUS_BUREAU_GET_ACS5_YEAR_ESTIMATES. Connect once with an API key. Every tool here is read-only, so answers come back immediately and nothing is changed.

## Example tools

Read-only (81 in total):

- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_ADDRESS` — Geocode a single address to get latitude/longitude coordinates.
- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_ADDRESS_GEOGRAPHIES` — Geocode an address and return Census geography identifiers including state, county, tract, block group, and block FIPS codes.
- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_ADDRESS_PARTS` — Geocode an address using separate components (street, city, state, ZIP) to get latitude/longitude coordinates.
- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_ADDRESS_WITH_GEOGRAPHY` — Geocode an address and return both coordinates and Census geography information.
- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_COORDINATES` — Reverse geocode latitude/longitude coordinates to Census geographic areas.
- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_GEOGRAPHIES_ADDRESS_PR` — Geocode a Puerto Rico address and return coordinates plus Census geography data.
- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_GEOGRAPHIES_BATCH` — Batch geocode multiple addresses from a CSV file and return Census geography codes.
- `CENSUS_BUREAU_GEOCODE_LOCATION_ADDRESS_PR` — Geocode a Puerto Rico address with urbanization to latitude/longitude coordinates.

## Frequently asked questions

### How does LuumenAI connect to Census Bureau?

Authorize once with API token. Luumen lists the scopes each action needs before you approve the connection, and credentials never appear in the chat.

### Can LuumenAI change things in Census Bureau on its own?

No. Every one of the 81 tools is read-only, so LuumenAI can answer questions from Census Bureau but cannot change anything in it.

### Is there an audit trail?

Every call to Census Bureau is recorded with the actor, the input, and the result.

Full page: https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/census-bureau/