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//CENSUS/AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE |
Saturday
5/17/2008 7:05:14 PM |
AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY
In order to provide accurate and timely demographic and socio-economic data to government agencies and organizations using census data, the Census Bureau is implementing a continuous measurement called the American Community Survey. The ACS, intended to replace the decennial census long form in 2010, is being phased in and will be fully implemented nationwide by 2003. Descriptive profiles will be produced annually for all states and for all counties, cities, towns, metropolitan areas, and population groups of 65,000 or more based on data collected the previous year. For smaller populations, such as rural areas, data will be averaged over several years to obtain reliable estimates, with the estimates being updated yearly.
Sampling for the ACS has already begun, and partial data from the test areas and comparison sites are now available. The 1999-2001 comparison sites included the reservation counties of Pima, Arizona, and Flathead and Lake, Montana. Beginning in 2003, the Census Bureau will implement the ACS in every county of the United States, sending surveys to 250,000 randomly selected households each month. Survey results for large populations will be released in 2004, and small population areas in 2006 and 2008. Data for all populations will be updated yearly.
For more information on the American Community Survey, see the ACS brochure published by the Census Bureau.
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We believe, that when armed with appropriate resources, Native peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable economic, spiritual, and cultural well being of their communities.
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