diff --git a/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/__init__.py b/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/__init__.py
index b5a95b3f..2664972e 100644
--- a/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/__init__.py
+++ b/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         economic_impact_analysis,
     )
     from .datasets import (
+        DEFAULT_US_DATASET,
         PolicyEngineUSDataset,
         USYearData,
         create_datasets,
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     PolicyEngineUSLatest.model_rebuild()
 
     __all__ = [
+        "DEFAULT_US_DATASET",
         "USYearData",
         "PolicyEngineUSDataset",
         "create_datasets",
diff --git a/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/datasets.py b/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/datasets.py
index 121fffcd..52ee482d 100644
--- a/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/datasets.py
+++ b/src/policyengine/tax_benefit_models/us/datasets.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 from policyengine.core import Dataset, YearData
 
+# Default dataset for US simulations
+DEFAULT_US_DATASET = "hf://policyengine/policyengine-us-data/enhanced_cps_2024.h5"
+
 
 class USYearData(YearData):
     """Entity-level data for a single year."""
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 
 def create_datasets(
     datasets: list[str] = [
-        "hf://policyengine/policyengine-us-data/enhanced_cps_2024.h5",
+        DEFAULT_US_DATASET,
     ],
     years: list[int] = [2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028],
     data_folder: str = "./data",
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@ def create_datasets(
 
 def load_datasets(
     datasets: list[str] = [
-        "hf://policyengine/policyengine-us-data/enhanced_cps_2024.h5",
+        DEFAULT_US_DATASET,
     ],
     years: list[int] = [2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028],
     data_folder: str = "./data",
@@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ def load_datasets(
 
 def ensure_datasets(
     datasets: list[str] = [
-        "hf://policyengine/policyengine-us-data/enhanced_cps_2024.h5",
+        DEFAULT_US_DATASET,
     ],
     years: list[int] = [2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028],
     data_folder: str = "./data",