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Using the American Community Survey with American Factfinder

Using the American Community Survey with American Factfinder. CTPP Webinar Dec 2, 2008 Melissa Chiu, CTPP Coordinator Journey to Work and Migration Statistics Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Data Release Schedule.

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Using the American Community Survey with American Factfinder

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  1. Using the American Community Survey with American Factfinder CTPP Webinar Dec 2, 2008 Melissa Chiu, CTPP Coordinator Journey to Work and Migration Statistics Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division U.S. Census Bureau

  2. ACS Data Release Schedule Data products are released in the year following the single year or multiyear period in which data are collected.

  3. Web Site Improvements Training • New and revised content on ACS web site • ACS Compass Series: Understanding the the ACS (UTACS) Handbooks • Tutorials and Powerpoint slides • www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/compass_series.html • Train the Trainer workshops at SDCs, regional offices, etc.

  4. General Users Businesses High School Teachers Media Congressional Staff State & Local Governments Federal Agencies Researchers Rural Areas PUMS Users American Indians / Alaska Natives PRCS (in Spanish) Data User Education: Target Audiences for ACS Compass and Other Materials

  5. www.census.gov/acs/ Subscribe to the ACS Alert Information about the American Community Survey

  6. Organization of ACS Data in the American FactFinder • 1-year and 3-year data products distinguished • Once 3-year products are released, those represent the default ACS products. • Assistance links highlighted • Users can select other data sets

  7. Journey-to-Work ACS Data • No changes in questions or response categories from 2005 to 2009 data years • No changes in data products between • 2006 and 2007 single-year • 2005-to-2007, 2006-to-2008, 2007-to-2009 multiyear • 2005-to-2009 multiyear

  8. Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products • Data products and prefixes B Base Detailed Table C Collapsed Detailed Table S Subject Table R Ranking Table GCT Geographic Comparison Table M Thematic Map • Commuting products are numbered “08” Example: B08xxx is a Base Table on commuting

  9. Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products • Detailed Table examples: Means of transportation by worker characteristics Travel time by time leaving home Place of work for metropolitan, micropolitan, and non-metro/micro levels Vehicles available in household Majority of tables available at both residence and workplace geography

  10. Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products • Subject Tables same information as Detailed Tables but more user friendly format • Examples: Commuting characteristics by sex Means of transportation to work by selected characteristics, at residence and at workplace geography

  11. Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products • Ranking Tables rank states for one measure: Mean travel time to work Percent of workers who traveled to work … by car, truck, or van alone by carpool by public transportation Percent of workers who worked outside county of residence

  12. Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products • Geographic Comparison Tables cover samemeasures as Ranking Tables but for more geographies • Examples: Mean travel time to work for counties by U.S. state Percent of workers who traveled to work by carpool by place by U.S. state Percent of workers who worked outside county of residence by urban / rural, metropolitan and micropolitan area status

  13. Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products • Thematic Maps allow users to design own maps of samemeasures as Ranking Tables • Can determine… Data classes: number and breaks Boundaries and features Level of geography - State - County - Congressional district - Metropolitan/ micropolitan statistical area - Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA)

  14. factfinder.census.gov Data Products- American FactFinder

  15. Select Dataset and Product Type

  16. List all Tables- Select “08” Products

  17. Many ways to select geography Geography is hierarchical: First select type of geography, then specific area. Select Geography

  18. Click “Data Sets” to change data product Print, download, save or load a query Change year, geography, subject table Subject Table- Example

  19. Select geo type, e.g. urban, rural, metro, principal city Change to collapsed version Can select multiple areas for detailed tables Can select multiple detailed tables too (scroll down) Detailed Table- Example

  20. Download to get all geographies and tables at once Click Next to see other geographies selected Detailed Tables- Geo Components

  21. Download- Example

  22. Can sort by rank or by state Ranking Table- Example

  23. Geographies or geo components within nation or state only Geographic Comparison Table- Example

  24. Thematic Map- Example

  25. Other Options in AFF • Can create “Custom table” from the detailed tables • Can “Download PUMS data” file for microdata

  26. U. S. Census Bureau • Melissa Chiu, CTPP Coordinator • Journey-to-Work & Migration Statistics Branch • Melissa.C.Chiu@census.gov • 301-763-2454, 2421

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