diff --git a/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_after_2000.csv b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_after_2000.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..844c4e4585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_after_2000.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"StatVar","Units","MeasurementMethods","MinDate","ScalingFactors","observationPeriods","NumPlaces"
+"Count_Person_WhiteAlone","[]","[CensusPEPSurvey_Race2000Onwards]","2000","[]","[P1Y]","3156"
+"Count_Person_AsianAlone","[]","[CensusPEPSurvey_Race2000Onwards]","2000","[]","[P1Y]","3156"
+"Count_Person_NativeHawaiianAndOtherPacificIslanderAlone","[]","[CensusPEPSurvey_Race2000Onwards]","2000","[]","[P1Y]","3156"
+"Count_Person_TwoOrMoreRaces","[]","[CensusPEPSurvey_Race2000Onwards]","2000","[]","[P1Y]","3156"
+"Count_Person_BlackOrAfricanAmericanAlone","[]","[CensusPEPSurvey_Race2000Onwards]","2000","[]","[P1Y]","3156"
+"Count_Person_AmericanIndianAndAlaskaNativeAlone","[]","[CensusPEPSurvey_Race2000Onwards]","2000","[]","[P1Y]","3156"
diff --git a/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_before_2000.csv b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_before_2000.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aee7759bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_before_2000.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"MeasurementMethods","MinDate","Units","ScalingFactors","observationPeriods","NumPlaces","StatVar"
+"[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_RaceUpto1999]","1900","[]","[]","[P1Y]","3213","Count_Person_WhiteAlone"
+"[CensusPEPSurvey_RaceUpto1999]","1990","[]","[]","[P1Y]","3193","Count_Person_AsianOrPacificIslander"
+"[CensusPEPSurvey_RaceUpto1999]","1900","[]","[]","[P1Y]","1","Count_Person_NonWhite"
+"[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_RaceUpto1999]","1960","[]","[]","[P1Y]","3213","Count_Person_BlackOrAfricanAmericanAlone"
+"[CensusPEPSurvey_RaceUpto1999]","1990","[]","[]","[P1Y]","3193","Count_Person_AmericanIndianAndAlaskaNativeAlone"
diff --git a/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_national.csv b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_national.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7a282b9d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/golden_data/golden_summary_report_national.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"MinDate","StatVar","ScalingFactors","MeasurementMethods","observationPeriods","Units","NumPlaces"
+"2000","Count_Person_WhiteAlone","[]","[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_Race2000Onwards]","[P1Y]","[]","52"
+"2000","Count_Person_AsianAlone","[]","[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_Race2000Onwards]","[P1Y]","[]","52"
+"2000","Count_Person_NativeHawaiianAndOtherPacificIslanderAlone","[]","[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_Race2000Onwards]","[P1Y]","[]","52"
+"2000","Count_Person_TwoOrMoreRaces","[]","[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_Race2000Onwards]","[P1Y]","[]","52"
+"2000","Count_Person_BlackOrAfricanAmericanAlone","[]","[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_Race2000Onwards]","[P1Y]","[]","52"
+"2000","Count_Person_AmericanIndianAndAlaskaNativeAlone","[]","[dcAggregate/CensusPEPSurvey_PartialAggregate_Race2000Onwards]","[P1Y]","[]","52"
diff --git a/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/manifest.json b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/manifest.json
index 3792d57c28..8c76657f86 100644
--- a/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/manifest.json
+++ b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/manifest.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
                     "cleaned_csv": "output/USA_Population_Count_by_Race_county_after_2000.csv"
                 }
             ],
-            "cron_schedule": "0 04 * * 1"
+            "cron_schedule": "0 04 * * 1",
+            "validation_config_file": "validation_config.json"
         }
     ]
 }
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diff --git a/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/validation_config.json b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/validation_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1ef3d4ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/us_census/pep/population_estimate_by_race/validation_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": "1.0",
+  "rules": [
+    {
+      "rule_id": "check_deleted_records_percent",
+      "description": "Checks that the percentage of deleted records for the entire import is within threshold.",
+      "validator": "DELETED_RECORDS_PERCENT",
+      "params": { "threshold": 0.15}
+    },
+    {
+      "rule_id": "check_goldens_national",
+      "description": "Validates national and state-level 2000+ data against its golden summary report.",
+      "validator": "GOLDENS_CHECK",
+      "params": {
+        "golden_files": "golden_data/golden_summary_report_national.csv",
+        "input_files": "USCensusPEP_PopulationEstimatebyRace/*/input0/genmcf/summary_report.csv"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "rule_id": "check_goldens_before_2000",
+      "description": "Validates data before 2000 against its golden summary report.",
+      "validator": "GOLDENS_CHECK",
+      "params": {
+        "golden_files": "golden_data/golden_summary_report_before_2000.csv",
+        "input_files": "USCensusPEP_PopulationEstimatebyRace/*/input1/genmcf/summary_report.csv"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "rule_id": "check_goldens_after_2000",
+      "description": "Validates county-level 2000+ data against its golden summary report.",
+      "validator": "GOLDENS_CHECK",
+      "params": {
+        "golden_files": "golden_data/golden_summary_report_after_2000.csv",
+        "input_files": "USCensusPEP_PopulationEstimatebyRace/*/input2/genmcf/summary_report.csv"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
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