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ACS Handbooks for Data Users

Understanding and Using ACS Data: What All Data Users Need to Know

  • What Congress Needs to Know
  • What Puerto Rico Community Survey Data Users Need to Know
  • What ACS Public Use Microdata Sample File Users Need to Know
  • What Researchers Need to Know
  • What Users of the Census Data API Need to Know
  • What Journalists Need to Know
  • Geography and the American Community Survey
  • What ACS Summary File Data Users Need to Know
  • What Users of Data for Rural Areas Need to Know
  • What Users of Data for Amer. Indians and Alaska Natives Need to Know
  • What State and Local Government Users Need to Know
  • What the Business Community Needs to Know
  • What Federal Agencies Need to Know
Recommended For You
Census Bureau Resources
  • About the American Community Survey 
  • ACS Information Guide
  • U.S. Census Bureau's ACS website
  • Data.census.gov
    • data.census.gov Resources
  • Guidance for ACS Data Users
  • Course: Discovering the American Community Survey
  • ACS Training Presentations
  • ACS Handbooks for Data Users
  • ACS Documentation 
  • ACS Methodology
  • Geography and the ACS
  • Publications and Working Papers
  • API Developers
  • ACS Data User GitHub
PRB Resources
  • ACS Concepts and Terms Quick Guide
  • Join the ACS Online Community
  • Webinars
  • Conference Presentations
  • Data 101 Videos on the ACS
State Data Center Resources
  • State Data Center Program
  • State Data Center Clearinghouse
National Academy of Sciences Resources
  • Workshop on Improving the American Community Survey (2019)
  • Workshop on Respondent Burden in the American Community Survey (2016)
  • Realizing the Potential of the American Community Survey: Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities (2015)
  • Small Populations, Large Effects: Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey (2012)
  • Workshop on the Benefits (and Burdens) of the American Community Survey (2012)
  • Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges (2007)
The Census Project
  • American Community Survey Resources
For more information about the American Community Survey Census Bureau Website
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