# IPUMS data taking a long time to extract?

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/ipums-data-taking-a-long-time-to-extract/3518>\
**Category:** USA\
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/ipums-data-taking-a-long-time-to-extract/3518 "2020-05-14T02:42:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie\_Lu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@Annie\_Lu](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Annie_Lu)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/ipums-data-taking-a-long-time-to-extract/3518/1 "2020-05-14T02:42:58Z")

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Hi,

I’m using ACS and 5% census samples from 2014 to 1980 with only a few variables. It has been over three hours and the data is still extracting. I’m a new user to IPUMS and was wondering if it is supposed to take this long to extract?

Thanks,  
Annie

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**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/ipums-data-taking-a-long-time-to-extract/3518/2 "2020-05-14T16:18:46Z")

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The wait time mostly depends on the current demand on our servers. IPUMS USA extracts of a reasonable size should process within an hour or so. At times, when there are many pending extract requests, this wait time can extend to a couple of hours or more. In any event, it looks like all of your current extracts have finished processing.