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American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

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American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

News Release

Press Release
New Census Data Show Differences Between Urban and Rural Populations
December 08, 2016
People who live in rural areas are more likely to own their own homes, live in their state of birth & have served in the military than their urban counterparts.
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web "Rural America: How Does the U.S. Census Bureau Define "Rural?"

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Our Changing Landscape
December 08, 2016
Change in Rural and Urban Population Size: 1910-2010

Brief

.pdf Defining Rural at the U.S. Census Bureau [1.5 MB]

Blogs

web Life Off the Highway
web The Foreign-Born by Rural Status of Counties: 2011-2015
web Homes on the Range: Homeownership Rates Are Higher in Rural America
web Beyond the Farm: Rural Industry Workers in America
web Household Income and Poverty for the Rural Population
web A Glance at the Age Structure and Labor Force Participation of Rural America
web Rurality Matters

ACS Release Guidance

2015 Data Release New and Notable
Learn more about items of interest related to the 2015 ACS release.
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ACS Summary File Sequence-Based Format
Use the American Community Survey Summary File to access all estimates and margins of error from the Detailed Tables for all geographies available in the ACS.
Narrative Profiles
Narrative Profiles (NP) are short, analytic reports covering 15 topic areas. Each NP provides text and bar charts for a selected geographic area.
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Table & Geography Changes
Explanation of changes in the universe of geographic entities, changes to GEOID codes, and comparability changes.
Technical Documentation
Find information supporting the ACS data, including documentation for code lists, subject definitions, user notes, errata notes, PUMS, and Summary File.
Which Data Table or Tool Should I Use?
Learn more about the tools available to help you access current American Community Survey statistics for the nation's communities.
Data Tool
Statistical Testing Tool
Test whether American Community Survey estimates are statistically different from each other using the Census Bureau's Statistical Testing Tool.

Webinar - Monday, Dec. 5, 2015 @ 1 p.m. (EST)

Press Release
Webinar on Release of 2011-2015 American Community Survey Statistics
November 28, 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY: Webinar on Dec. 5 from 1 to 2 p.m. in advance of the Dec. 8 release of the ACS five-year statistics collected from 2011 to 2015.
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Presentation

.pdf Webinar: 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates [3.6 MB]

Speaker Bios

Michele C. (Shelly) Hedrick
Special Assistant, Communications Directorate
KaNin Reese
Chief, Dissemination Outreach Branch, Center for Enterprise Dissemination, U.S. Census Bureau
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Background:

Press Kit
2015 American Community Survey Single Year Estimates
September 15, 2016
2015 American Community Survey Single-Year Estimates will be released on September 15, 2016.
Press Kit
2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
December 01, 2015
The American Community Survey five-year statistics, based on data collected from 2010 to 2014, will be released on Thursday, Dec. 3.

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