Census Bureau plans to stop production of 3-year ACS data

Mark Mather over 9 years ago

The Census Bureau is planning to discontinue the production of all 3-year ACS data, according to their 2015 budget justification document:

"The Census Bureau proposes to terminate permanently the “3-Year Data” Product. The Census Bureau intended to produce this data product for a few years when the ACS was a new survey. Now that the ACS has collected data for nearly a decade, this product can be discontinued without serious
impacts on the availability of the estimates for these communities."

www.osec.doc.gov/.../Census_2016_CJ.pdf

There have also been some emails circulating that mention the 2015 ACS Data Users Conference has been canceled but I want to assure everyone that this is not the case!

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Gwen Rousseau over 9 years ago

As a demographer for a mid-sized city (134,000 pop) I use the 3-year estimates since they provide the best compromise between timeliness and accuracy. Large areas may be fine with the 1-year estimates, but for smaller places the margins of error are often too high and the three year product is preferred over the one year.
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Gwen Rousseau over 9 years ago

As a demographer for a mid-sized city (134,000 pop) I use the 3-year estimates since they provide the best compromise between timeliness and accuracy. Large areas may be fine with the 1-year estimates, but for smaller places the margins of error are often too high and the three year product is preferred over the one year.
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