Download - American Community Survey 2006 Data Release
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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: [email protected]
• For general information:
• Web: www.census.gov• General Phone: 888-346-9682• General Email: [email protected]