American Community Survey2006 Data Release

WEBINARAugust 15, 2007

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ACS Release Schedule

• Aug. 28, 2007: – Income, earnings and poverty data

• Sept. 12, 2007: – Social, economic and housing characteristics;

demographic and housing estimates; Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) File; data profiles; geographic comparison tables; ranking tables; narrative profiles

• Sept. 27, 2007: – Selected Population Profiles; Workplace Base

Tables; Group Quarters Data Profiles

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What’s New in 2006?

• Changes in Data Profiles

• Addition of Group Quarters Data

• New tables available in Summary File Format

• Redesign of the ACS Web Site

• Guidance on comparing the data

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Changes in the Data Profiles

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Group Quarters

• Group quarters are included in the 2006 ACS

• Data are collected for two classifications of group quarters:1.Institutional

2.Non-institutional

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Group Quarters

• Total population in tables when appropriate

• GQ profiles for selected characteristics for the nation

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What is currently available?

• All data table shells are now available

through the FTP site:

http://www2.census.gov/acs/downloads/shells/2006/

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What will be available during the embargo period?

• All data tables will be available through the FTP site

• Data tables will be available for download as: Summary files and data tables for individual geographies.

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Accessing the FTP site

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/

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FTP site – Accessing all tables for one geography

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FTP Files

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FTP site – Accessing all geographies for one table

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New ACS Website - Draft

www.census.gov/acs/www

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2006 Users’ Guide

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Comparability

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Comparing 2006 ACS – More Info

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Table Crosswalk

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2006 ACS – Summary of What’s New

• Changes to Data Profiles

• Group Quarters

• New Table Download Format

• New ACS Web Site

• Guidance on Comparing the Data

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For More Information

• Contact the Public Information Office:

• Media Phone: 301-763-3691• Media Email: pio@census.gov

• For general information:

• Web: www.census.gov• General Phone: 888-346-9682• General Email: cmo.acs@census.gov