New subject: [CTPP] ACS 2005-09 comparisons with 2000 SF3

14 Dec 2010

This is one of those points of speculation and spin.  If you ask the CB
the official line will be that it is so big and contains literally
mountains of tables that it is impractical to serve up with an online
search engine.  They will tell you that comments on this were asked for in
the Federal Register and there was not a huge outcry.  However, if you
"put your ear to the ground" you will hear some speculate that it is
because the tables are so hard to work with due to confidentiality
suppression and large margins of errors that the CB wanted to keep the
data from the "novice" user.  As one noted user put it, "they are putting
the data on the top shelf just out of reach of the kids."

What would be of use here is for people who have begun to work with it to
share their experiences.

Form the CB press release today...
The U.S Census Bureau is pleased to announce the release of the 2005-2009
American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on American FactFinder.
There you will find tables with social, demographic, housing, and economic
data for areas down to the census tract level.

You can access the newly-released data on American FactFinder at:
2005-2009 ACS 5-year data
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&am…

...
  Does anyone know why the Block Group data is not being
released via the
 AFFâs standard pull-down menus? I was under the impression that today
 (12/14) was the release date for this data. I understand that it is
 available via Summary File, but this is far from user friendly.

 When will the data be available via the AFFâs standard access method?

 Thank you,

 Nick Lindeman

 Nicholas Lindeman
 Economic & Systems Data Analyst

 Nashville Area MPO
 800 2nd Ave. S.

 P.O. Box 196300
 Nashville, TN 37219-6300
 (615) 862-7198
 lindeman(a)nashvillempo.org
 http://www.nashvillempo.org <http://www.nashvillempo.org/>

 From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net]
 On Behalf Of Elaine.Murakami(a)dot.gov
 Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 4:15 PM
 To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
 Subject: FW: [CTPP] ACS 2005-09 comparisons with 2000 SF3

 Correction to my earlier email:  2005-2009 ACS Block Group data WILL be
 released on December 14.

 From: brian.mckenzie(a)census.gov [mailto:brian.mckenzie(a)census.gov]

 Good Afternoon Mara and Elaine,
 The summary file data (block group level data) will be available on
 December 14th. You can use American Factfinder as a portal. You will be
 able to download summary file data via the FTP website at
 <http://www2.census.gov/acs2009_5yr/summaryfile/
 <http://www2.census.gov/acs2009_5yr/summaryfile/> >. There will also be a
 clickable link next to the familiar portion of AFF in which you select the
 desired ACS year(s) for which you would like data. Hope this helps.

 Brian McKenzie
 Analyst, Journey to Work and Migration Statistics Branch
 U.S. Census Bureau
 301-763-6532
 brian.mckenzie(a)census.gov

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