using SIMPLE_RENAMER.rename as per the tutorial returns same variable names

[leighpfrog]

acs = ACS5()
male_age_vars = acs.variables.children_of(variable='B01001_002E')
northeast = acs.areas.region('Northeast')
data = acs.tracts(within=northeast, variables=male_age_vars, return_geometry=True)
data = SIMPLE_RENAMER.rename(data)
data

outputs

	B01001_003E	B01001_004E	B01001_005E	B01001_006E	...	GEO_ID	state	county	tract
0	32	15	24	8	...	1400000US23001010100	23	001	010100
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

[14704 rows x 29 columns]

[singerep]

Have you had any luck with this issue since you posted? Unfortunately, I was not able to recreate locally.

Also, were you using a Jupyter Notebook?