Meeting 21st Century Demographic Data Needs-Implementing the American Community Survey. Report 9: Comparing Social Characteristics With Census 2000

摘要

The American Community Survey (ACS) is one of three program components required to achieve the 2010 Census reengineering strategy goals. The ACS replaces the Census Sample, the once-a-decade collection of detailed social, economic, and housing characteristics for demographic groups, that occurs as part of the decennial census, with an ongoing survey that produces annual and multi-year estimates of these same characteristics. The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS) was conducted as part of Census 2000 to demonstrate the operational feasibility of ACS methods.