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Data from 1998-2015

This dataset includes Single Audit submissions collected by the Census FAC from 1998 to 2015. It is provided as-is for historical research and is not included in our web-based search or API.

Download the data

All years (1998-2015)

This single ZIP file contains folders for each year:

By audit year

You can also download the files year-by-year below:

Data dictionary

The data comes in CSV format with one file per table (e.g., audits, findings, passthrough). Column names and values vary across years, so we've provided a reference guide:

View the historic data dictionary

Tips for using this data

Opening CSV files

CSV files can be opened in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, or imported into data tools like SAS, SPSS, Python, or R. Each file includes a header row followed by data.

Key tables:

ELECAUDITHEADER ? metadata (like our general table)
ELECAUDITS ? financial awards
ELECAUDITFINDINGS ? audit findings
ELECPASSTHROUGH ? passthrough awards
ELECCPAS, ELECEINS, ELECUEIS ? supplemental identifiers

Spreadsheet example

To calculate total expenditures for 1998:

Unzip census-1998.zip
Open ELECAUDITS.csv
Sum the AMOUNT column

Python example

import pandas as pd

total = 0
for chunk in pd.read_csv("ELECAUDITS.csv", chunksize=10000):
    amounts = pd.to_numeric(chunk["AMOUNT"], errors="coerce")
    total += amounts.sum()

print(f"Total audited in 1998: ${total:,.2f}")