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  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year PUMS Files and Variance Replicate Estimate Tables

    2011-2015 ACS 5-Year PUMS Files

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. 

    The ACS 5-year PUMS files show the full range of population and housing unit responses…

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2017-2021 ACS 5-Year Estimates

    We are pleased to announce the release of the 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, the most relied-on source for up-to-date social, economic, housing, and demographic information every year. The ACS is the only source of local statistics…

  • RE: Journey to Work question: are ridehailing apps like uber & lyft considered "taxicab" or "other means" for Table B08301?

    Coincidentally, we were looking at the same topic yesterday ourselves. I think this is an ambiguous area, maybe more than I realized. Firstly, Uber, Lyft and ridehail services generally are no where mentioned in the ACS questionnaire or definitions…

  • Early release materials for 2015 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates now AVAILABLE

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2015 ACS 1-year Supplemental Estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, October 20, 2016. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare for next week…

  • RE: Median family income question

    Bill

    If you are trying compare change in income on a one-to-one basis, I'd recommend adjusting any income levels you use to the same point in time. It could be 2016 or it could even be 2018. If you make this adjustment using ACS guidelines for comparing…

  • RE: ACS vs Census populations at the ZCTA level

    You must keep in mind that the data is collected continuously. About 1/5 of the sample was collected in 2008, 1/5 in 2009 and so on. The Bureau stresses that it is not an average. It has a 5 year sampling frame. The sample size over the 5 years is still…

  • Statistically Significant Trends

    I work for a community indicator project that tracks various indicators of community well-being over time, and many of these measures come from the ACS. As we update our indicators, we are incorporating more tests for statistical significance. We were…

  • Compare 2016 one-year estimates to 2011-2015 five-year estimates?

    Looking ahead to Thursday's ACS release, I'm trying to examine change over time for relatively small groups. Because margins of error tend to be too wide in the one-year data to say much about change over time, the natural temptation is to compare the…

  • Creating Custom ACS Multiyear Estimates Webinar

  • Today: Documentation and Webinar Supporting the 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Data Release

    We are pleased to announce the first release of documentation in support of the 2019 American Community Survey 1-year estimates scheduled for release on Thursday, September 17, 2020. This documentation offers ACS data users the opportunity to prepare…

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