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ACS Data Users Group
Looking for others who use ACS data? Want to ask questions of the experts about ACS? Then this data users group may be the answer. You can join, become part of specific groups and attend relevant webinars. For more information, click on the link below.
About the American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides data every year -- giving communities the current information they need to plan investments and services. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year.
To help communities, state governments, and federal programs, they ask about:
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Interested in helping improve the American Community Survey? The Committee on National Statistics is hosting a 2 day workshop about ACS. The workshop will be held in Washington, D.C. on September 26-27, 2018 at the Keck Center. See their page for more information.
- More about the Suvey
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis about our nation and its people. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $675 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year. ... - Technical Documentation for the American Community SurveyThe American Community Survey provides various documentation to assist users with their data releases.
- Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data: What All Data Users Need to Know (2018)The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) is designed to answer the type of questions that meet the needs of policymakers, business leaders, planners, and others nationwide who need good data to make informed decisions. The ACS provides a detailed portrait of the social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics of America’s communities. This handbook provides an overview of the ACS to help data users understand the basics of the survey, how the data can be used, how to judge the accuracy of ACS estimates, and how to access ACS data.
- Using the DataThe American Community Survey (ACS) not only produces data about our nation's population every year, we also provide a variety of resources to help data users understand how to use and access this information. ...
- Video Tutorials for ACSA collection of videos to help you better understand the American Community Survey.
Finding ACS Data
Social ExplorerCall Number: Electronic resourceTheir objective is to help you visually analyze and understand the demography of the U.S. through the use of interactive maps and data reports. You can map all types of demographic data including immigration.
PolicyMap by Call Number: Electronic resourcePolicyMap is a fully web-based online data and mapping application that gives you access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more.
Selected book(s)
The who, what, and where of America: understanding the American Community Survey by Call Number: Baker-Berry HA 201.122 .W48 2010The American Community Survey covers each U.S. state, county, metropolitan area, and city with a population of 20,000 or more. It is designed to provide communities with a fresh look at how they are changing.
Selected handbooks by Call Number: Online resourceVarious handbooks for targeted audiences on how to use the data in the American Community Survey.
The Data & Maps from the Census Bureau
The Census Bureau now releases 1-year and 5-year data every year. The 3-year data set no longer exists.
- Get ACS DataThe American Community Survey (ACS) releases new data every year through a variety of data products that you can access with different data tools. Learn more about these tools, as well as the different types of tables and profiles powered by ACS data. ...
- Summary Files for ACSThe American Community Survey (ACS) Summary File is a set of comma-delimited text files that contain all of the Detailed Tables for the ACS data releases. The Summary File contains estimate, margin of error, and geography files for each release. ...
- Reference Maps from the Census BureauReference maps show geographic boundaries for an area along with identifying features such as streets and roads.
Congressional hearings about the ACS
These resources tell how the Census Bureau proposed replacing the Long Form of the Decenniel Census with the American Community Survey. Various Subcommittees on the Census held these hearings.
These documents may also be online.
- The American community survey--a replacement for the census long form? byCall Number: Electronic government documentToday we are here to begin the process of eliminating the problematic census long form. ...
- The American community survey : the challenges of eliminating the long form from the 2010 census byCall Number: Electronic government documentThe census is one of the oldest civic ceremonies of our Nation. ...
- The Census Bureau's proposed American Community Survey (ACS) byCall Number: Electronic government documentAs we leave last year's census behind us, it is time to begin planning for our next decennial census in 2010. One of the means by which the Census Bureau has proposed to improve the 2010 census is by implementing the American Community Survey [ACS] as a replacement for the decennial census long form. ...
- Halfway to the 2010 census byCall Number: Electronic government documentToday, we will examine the three main components that are key to the upcoming census: the America Community Survey [ACS]; the master address file [MAF], and the topologically integrated geographic
encoding and referencing [TIGER], enhancement program; and the short-form-only census. ...
