The American Community Survey is an annual survey, under development to provide demographic information about communities and populations every year. This survey will collect the data traditionally collected by the decennial census long form. Development started in 1996 in four sites: Rockland County, NY; Brevard County, FL; Multnomah County, OR; and Fulton County, PA. In 1997, four more sites were added: Douglas County, NE; Otero County, NM; Franklin County, OH, and Houston, TX. Though it is an annual survey, the questionnaires are mailed out and the data collected monthly.

Eventually, in 2003, the survey will be in full-scale production, mailing 250,000 questionnaires per month to every county in the nation. Annual profiles will be produced for all states, cities, counties, metropolitan areas, or population groups for 65,000 or more people. For smaller areas, two to five years of data will be accumulated to produce estimates similar to those of the census long form.

Others in Series

Working Paper

Median Income and Earnings Estimates: Comparison of ACS and CPS

March 12, 2007

Comparison of national estimates of income between the 2004 and 2005 ACS and the 2005 and 2006 CPS ASEC.

Working Paper

Accessing and Using Language Data from the Census Bureau

March 15, 2007

Presentation on ACS language estimates for the 2007 Federal Interagency Conference on Limited English Proficiency.

Working Paper

American Community Survey Operations Plan Release 1: March 2003

March 2003

Identifies and documents components of the ACS and describes projects associated with making the transition from a demonstration program to a production survey.

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