Meeting 21st Century Demographic Data Needs-Implementing the American Community Survey. Report 8: Comparison of the American Community Survey Three-Year Averages and the Census Sample of Counties and Tracts

摘要

The American Community Survey was developed to supply data users with yearly distributions of demographic, housing, and socio-economic characteristics that have historically been available only once a decade from the decennial census sample. This project compares the aggregated American Community Survey estimates collected for 1999, 2000, and 2001 to the Census 2000 sample data so that data users can evaluate the similarities and differences in the distributions. The American Community Survey data in this study are based on 36 counties. Comparisons are made for the 36 counties and at the tract level for 34 of the 36 counties.