Finding Usable US Census Data

Hey [r/datascience](https://www.reddit.com/r/datascience/), I'm a student working on a project and I'm having some trouble finding good data to use for a project. [Simple Maps](https://simplemaps.com/data/us-cities#terms) has basically everything I want and the format I'd prefer, but I can't afford the $200 and I don't think my teacher would pay it. I've looked at the [official US setup](https://data.census.gov/) for distributing data but I really can't make heads or tails of it. All I want is a list of US cities with average …

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