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Abstract #301484

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Activity Number: 79
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 9, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301484
Title: Comparison of the American Community Survey Three-year Average Estimates with the Census 2000 Sample Estimates for 36 Counties
Author(s): Gregg J. Diffendal*+ and Andre L. Williams and Rita J. Petroni
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: PRED RM. 1107-2, Washington , DC, 20003,
Keywords: multiyear estimates ; profile data tables ; Census Long Form ; survey comparisons
Abstract:

The American Community Survey (ACS) plans call for it to replace the Census Long Form for the 2010 Census. This paper compares the ACS estimates at the county and tract levels for a group of 36 diverse counties with the corresponding Census sample estimates. The profile tables containing summary data on demographic, social, economic, and housing statistics are used to give a broad level of typical data for comparison. The ACS data is the cumulation of the data collected in 1999, 2000, and 2001 which represents the equivalent ACS data with five years of samples under full implementation. The Census data are the usual census sample estimates. Graphical techniques are used to demonstrate the similarities and differences between the ACS data and the Census data for this group of small areas. This is the first data using multiple-year estimates from the ACS that are directly compared to the Census long form estimates.

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