American Community Survey

• About the American Community Survey
  • How the ACS works
  • Why were you selected?
  • Why should you participate?
    • ACS helps communities (video)
  • How to respond to the survey or get help
    • Respond Online
    • Respond Online Video
    • Respond by Mail
    • Respond by Phone
    • In-person Interview
    • FAQs
  • For people living in group housing
  • Questions on the form and why we ask
    • Income
    • Place of work/Journey to work
    • Explore the Form
    • Explore the Form (text only)
  • How we protect your privacy
    • Census Oath of Non-Disclosure
  • Is the American Community Survey legitimate?
  • Sample forms and instructions
• American Community Survey and 2010 Census
• About the Puerto Rico Community Survey
  • Sample forms and instructions
• Operations and Administration of the ACS
  • ACS Program Review
    • FAQs
  • 2011 American Community Survey Improvements

Resources for

• American Indian and Alaska Native Population
• Media
• Congress

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The American Community Survey (ACS) is an official survey from the U.S. Census Bureau. Every year the ACS surveys a small percentage of addresses to produce timely statistics about our nation's social, economic and housing characteristics. It is the counterpart to the once-a-decade population census, and its topics were included in a longer version of each decade's census. Since the ACS is conducted every year, it provides more current estimates throughout the decade. TEXT ONLY VERSION

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