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  • RE: How to Interpret ACS 5-Year Estimates

    JamiRae
    JamiRae

    Hi Todd,

    Others may be able to explain it better, but the way I usually explain the 5-year estimates is that they are period estimates. They are estimates created from surveys collected throughout the 5-year period. So basically you could have responded…

    • over 3 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • Reynolds.pdf

    Mark Mather
    Mark Mather
    • Reynolds.pdf
    • over 2 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • 2023 ACS Conference Files
  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases Documentation Supporting the 2012-2016 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimates Tables

    Tyson Weister
    Tyson Weister

    2012-2016 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Documentation

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2012-2016 ACS 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. This documentation offers ACS data users…

    • over 7 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • RE: Suspect value

    Bernie
    Bernie
    Here's the Census's response (basically, what you've all been saying):

    Hello:

    The "+" in this instance does not mean what you think it does. If you look at the table footnotes you will notice that "An '+' following a median estimate means the…
    • over 9 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • Lightning Session

    • American Community Survey Data Users Group
  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases New American Community Survey (ACS) Datasets and Statistical Testing Tool

    Tyson Weister
    Tyson Weister
    2014 ACS 1-Year Supplemental Estimates
    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year supplemental estimates,
    The ACS is the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, demographic, and housing information…
    • over 9 years ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • Which population figures to believe?

    paulgardiner
    paulgardiner

    I'm trying to answer a very simple question: by how much has the under 18 population in San Francisco changed since the pandemic.

    The 2020 census redistricting data gives the population of San Francisco at 873,965, of which 760,738 were 18 years and…

    • 10 months ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • RE: Reweighting ACS PUMS Data to fit two external control totals

    David Dorer
    David Dorer

    If you want to use R (which is free) the mipfp package does this for a set of multidimensional marginal tables.  If you have a lot of variables or marginal tables,  I have an R program (function) with the same arguments as the mipfp package that calls a…

    • 7 months ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2018-2022 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimate Tables, and Additional ACS Selected Population Tables and American Indian and Alaska Native Tables

    Mary Ana McKay
    Mary Ana McKay

    2018-2022 ACS 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2018-2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.

    The ACS 5-year PUMS files show the full range of population…

    • over 1 year ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases New 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year PUMS and ACS 1-Year Supplemental Estimates

    Mary Ana McKay
    Mary Ana McKay

    2022 ACS 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files 

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. The PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit…

    • over 1 year ago
    • Discussion Forum
    • Forum
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