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American Community Survey - Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (ACS)
This information is only for PRI affiliates
STIPULATIONS FOR USE: Access to files on CD limited to Penn State PRI researchers.
DESCRIPTION: The American Community Survey (ACS) offers an economic, demographic, and housing database that is timely and comparable across areas, and for population groups. Since the ACS will provide data every year, we have built continuous improvements into the program. New sites will be added to the ACS until 2003 when it will be launched nationwide. On this CD-ROM you will find a copy of the 1996 questionnaire; information about the methods, concepts, and definitions the survey uses; and technical documentation related to the data. These data are provided in three formats: community profiles to view and print, detailed summary tables similar to those from the 1990 census, and public use microdata files that allow you to do tabulations for research purposes. Using the easy-to-manipulate data tables, you can quickly find the data you want. With just a click of your mouse button, you will have charts and maps you can print.
Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS) is a decennial census program designed to demonstrate the feasibility of collecting long-form type information at the same time as, but separate from, the decennial census. Is used the questionnaire and methods developed for the ACS to collect demographic, social, economic, and housing data in 2000 from a national sample of approximately 700,000 households. Group quarters were not included in the sample. The C2SS was conducted in 1,203 counties with monthly samples of about 58,000 housing units. The C2SS was designed to be used in combination with data from the ACS comparison test sites to produce annual estimates. Economic, demographic and housing characteristics from the C2SS are reported for the United States as a whole, the 50 states, and the District of Columbia, as well as large counties and cities with populations of 250,000 or more.
ORIGINATING AGENCY / PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: United States Census Bureau
RELATED WEB SITES:
Census Bureau site for the American Community Survey
ACS PUMS 2000-2002
| Year(s) / Wave(s) | Abstract? | Data Location | Document Location |
2000-2001 American Community Survey Test Sites: (Pima County, AZ; Jefferson County, AR; San Francisco County, CA; Tulare County, CA; Broward County, FL; Lake County, IL; Black Hawk County, IA; Calvert County, MD; Hampden County, MD; Madison County, MS; Flathead and Lake Counties, MT; Douglas County, NE; Bronx County, NY; Rockland County, NY; Franklin County, OH; Multnomah County, OR; Schuylkill County, PA; Sevier County, TN; Ft. Bend and Harris Counties, TX; Starr County, TX; Zapata County, TX; Yakima County, WA | No | 806 Oswald CD-ROM | on CD-ROM "Fact Sheet for Data Users" and |
| 1999: Pima County, AZ; San Fransisco County, CA; Broward County, FL; Black Hawk County, IA; Hampden County, MA; Flathead and Lake Counties, MT; Rockland County, NY; Multnomah County, OR; Sevier County, TN; Starr and Zapata Counties, TX; Jefferson County, AR; Tulare County, CA; Lake County, IL; Calvert County, MD; Madison County, MS; Douglas County, NE; Franklin County, OH; Schuylkill County, PA; Ft. Bend and Harris Counties, TX; Yakima County, WA | No | 806 Oswald CD-ROM | on CD-ROM *Please note that this CD-ROM |
| 1998 sites added: Kershaw-Richland Counties, SC Broward County, FL | No | 806 Oswald CD-ROM | on CD-ROM to request hardcopy documentation |
| 1997 (Includes 1996 data): Change and Combined data | No | 806 Oswald CD-ROM | on CD-ROM |
| 1996: Portland/Multnomah County, OR Rockland County, NY Fulton County, PA Brevard County, FL | No | 806 Oswald CD-ROM | on CD-ROM |
NOTES: Since ACS is still being developed, they are asking researchers for help with developing and implementing the ACS:
- By reviewing the demonstration data
- By telling the Bureau how ACS meets or does not meet your needs
- By giving specific examples of how you would like to use ACS data
- By giving the Bureau your comments and suggestions
For information or comment about ACS, call 301-457-3109 or email to: elaine.v.quesinberry@ccmail.census.gov
DATA DISSEMINATED BY: Census Bureau