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Page 1: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

ACS Data User Perspectives

POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU | www.prb.org

MARK MATHER, POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU

MAY 2015

Page 2: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

Page 3: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

Page 4: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

Page 5: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

Page 6: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

Page 7: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

Page 8: ACS Data User Perspectives...© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. ACS Data User Survey Conducted in April 2015 243 responses Topics •Affiliation •ACS

© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

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© 2015 Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved. www.prb.org

ACS Data Community Word Cloud

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ACS Data User Survey

Conducted in April 2015

243 responses

Topics

• Affiliation

• ACS knowledge and use

• Key ACS data issues

• Tools and capabilities

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Affiliations of Survey Respondents

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ACS Expertise of Survey Respondents

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Frequency of ACS Use Among Survey

Respondents

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Length of ACS Use Among Survey

Respondents

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Key Challenges for ACS Data Users

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Less Critical ACS Issues

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Will Loss of 3-Year ACS Data Affect

Your Work?

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How ACS Data Users Deal with Large

Margins of Error

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Tools and Capabilities that Would be

Useful to ACS Data Users

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Perspectives on ACS Data User

Group Activities

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For More Information

Visit ACS Data Users Group website

(http://www.acsdatausers.org )

Contact

Linda A. Jacobsen

[email protected]

Mark Mather

[email protected]