1. 11 American Community Survey Data Products

2. 2 What do I need to know before using ACS data and data products?

3. 3 Estimates ACS data are estimates ACS data are not counts of the population or housing Population counts are produced from the decennial census –Counts are updated throughout the decade through the Population Estimates Program

4. 44 Period estimates ACS estimates are period estimates Period estimates describe the average characteristics over a specific time period Contrast with point-in-time estimates that describe characteristics as of a specific date

5. 5 Sampling Error The uncertainty associated with an estimate that is based on data gathered from a sample of the population rather than the full population Margin of error (MOE) measures the precision of an estimate at a given level of confidence MOEs at the 90% confidence level for all published ACS estimates

6. 66 What data products are available?

7. 7 ACS Data Products Profiles –Data Profiles –Narrative Profiles –Comparison Profiles –Selected Population Profiles Tables –Detailed Tables and Collapsed Tables –Subject Tables –Ranking Tables –Geographic Comparison Tables Thematic Maps Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files

8. 8 Data Profiles

9. 99 Narrative Profiles

10. 10 Comparison Profiles 10

11. 11 Selected Population Profiles 11

12. 12 Selected Population Profiles

13. 13 Detailed Tables Examples Sex by Age by Race and Hispanic Origin Means of Transportation to Work by Travel Time to Work Median Number of Rooms in Housing Units School Enrollment by Level of School Poverty Status in the past 12 Months by Sex and Age

14. 14 Data Source Universe Margin of Error Table Name Table Number Collapsed Version Detailed Tables

15. 15 Detailed Tables – Collapsed Version 15

16. 16 Detailed Tables

17. 17 Detailed Tables for Quality Measures

18. 18 Subject Table List

19. 19 Subject Tables

20. 20 Ranking Tables

21. 21 Ranking Tables 21

22. 22 Geographic Comparison Tables

23. 23 Thematic Maps 23

24. 24 Public Use Microdata Sample

25. 25 How do I access ACS Data Products?

26. 26 U.S. Census Bureau home page

27. 27 American FactFinder

28. 28 ACS Data Products

29. 29 Select Your Geography

30. 30 Select the Subject of Interest

31. 31 Geographic Comparison Table

32. 32 Help from American FactFinder

33. 33 ACS File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Site

34. 34 DataFerrett

35. 35 DataFerrett

36. 36 For more information Subcribe to “ACS Alert” http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Special/Alerts.htm Visit our ACS/PRCS website: www.census.gov/acs/www Contact us by: telephone: 1-800-923-8282