> ML_DATASET // ADULT-CENSUS-INCOME_v1.0
Adult Census Income (Census Income 1994)
UCI Machine Learning Repository / US Census Bureau · Demographics & Economics · 48,842 rows, 14 features
Demographics & EconomicsCC-BY-4.048,842 rows, 14 featuresopen
Dataset Profile & Characteristics
Label Type:Binary income (>50K vs <=50K)
Languages:en
License Tier:permissive-open-source
Modalities:tabular
Intended Use
- Benchmarking tabular binary classification
- Fairness and demographic parity algorithm testing
Prohibited / Discouraged Use
- Live credit underwriting decisions
- Production employment screening
Bias, Leakage & Privacy Risk Analysis
Privacy / Sensitive Data Risks:
Historical US demographic census sample with sensitive attributes (gender, race, age).
Known Bias:
Severe gender income disparity and historical wage bias reflected in label distribution.
Known Benchmark Leakage:
Capital gains and education number have strong direct deterministic correlation with target.