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The American Community Survey (ACS) is a new approach to producing critical information about the characteristics of the nation, states, and local communities. The ACS streamlines the decennial census, eliminating the need for a long form in the 2010 Census. The ACS is an on-going survey with an annual sample size of about 3 million addresses. Every year the ACS can support the release of single-year estimates for geographic areas with populations of 65,000 or more. Information for smaller areas will be based on accumulated samples over 3-year or 5-year intervals.
Accuracy of data - provides a basic understanding of the sample design, estimation methodology, and accuracy of the data.
Quality Measures - describes the quality of each annual ACS data release on both national and state levels.
Group Quarters Population - covers the definitions and type codes used for group living situations (GQs).
Continuous Measurement by Harry A Scarr, presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Public Data Users (APDU), October 16, 1994
Constructing a Major Survey: Operational Plans and Issue for Continuous Measurement by Susan Love, Donald Dalzell, Charles Alexander, presented at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA), August 1995
“Overview of the American Community Survey” [Power Point]