1 Using the American Community Survey with American Factfinder CTPP Webinar Dec 2, 2008 Melissa Chiu, CTPP Coordinator Journey to Work and Migration Statistics.

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Using the American Community Survey with American Factfinder

CTPP Webinar Dec 2, 2008

Melissa Chiu, CTPP CoordinatorJourney to Work and Migration Statistics

Housing and Household Economic Statistics DivisionU.S. Census Bureau

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ACS Data Release Schedule

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

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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.

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Data User Education: Target Audiences for ACS Compass and Other Materials

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)

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Information about the American Community Survey

www.census.gov/acs/Subscribe to the

ACS Alert

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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

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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

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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

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Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products

Detailed Table examples:Means of transportation by worker

characteristicsTravel time by time leaving home Place of work for metropolitan, micropolitan,

and non-metro/micro levelsVehicles available in household

Majority of tables available at both residence and workplace geography

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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

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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

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Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products

Geographic Comparison Tables cover same measures 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

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Journey-to-Work ACS Data Products

Thematic Maps allow users to design own maps of same measures as Ranking Tables

Can determine… Data classes: number and breaksBoundaries and features Level of geography

- State- County - Congressional district - Metropolitan/ micropolitan statistical area- Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA)

Data Products- American FactFinder factfinder.census.gov

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Select Dataset and Product Type

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List all Tables- Select “08” Products

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Select Geography

Many ways to select geography

Geography is hierarchical: First select type of geography,then specific area.

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Subject Table- Example

Click “Data Sets” to change data product

Change year,

geography, subject

table

Print, download, save or load a query

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Detailed Table- Example

Can select multiple areas for detailed tables

Select geo type, e.g. urban, rural, metro, principal city

Change to collapsed version

Can select multiple detailed tables too (scroll down)

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Detailed Tables- Geo Components

Click Next to see other geographies selected

Download to get all geographies and tables at once

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Download- Example

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Ranking Table- Example

Can sort by rank or by state

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Geographic Comparison Table- Example

Geographies or geo componentswithin nation or state only

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Thematic Map- Example

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Other Options in AFF

Can create “Custom table” from the detailed tables

Can “Download PUMS data” file for microdata

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U. S. Census Bureau

Melissa Chiu, CTPP Coordinator

Journey-to-Work & Migration Statistics Branch

[email protected]

301-763-2454, 2421