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Publications on the American Community Survey

Updated:

Oct

2012

New Kid in Town:

Understanding Data from the American Community Survey

Julie N. Zimmerman

Revised

March

2012

And Now for the Grain of Salt:

Margins of Error and the American Community Survey.

Julie N. Zimmerman

Revised

March

2013

More than the Top Ten:

A Resource for Questions about the American Community Survey

Julie N. Zimmerman

June 2011

Data Availability from the American Community Survey

Julie N. Zimmerman

Feb

2012

Data Availability for Extension Districts from the American Community Survey

Julie N. Zimmerman

Oct

2011

A Picture is Worth...  Using a Newer Program to Make Charts and Graphs with Data from the American Community Survey

Julie N. Zimmerman

Oct

2011

A Picture is Worth...  Using an Older Program to Make Charts and Graphs with Data from the American Community Survey

Julie N. Zimmerman

Updated:

April

2013

Cautionary Tales: Comparing the American Community Survey with Data from the Decennial Census.

Julie N. Zimmerman

Updated:

April

2013

Quick List: Comparing the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS)

with the 2000 Census Long Form.

Julie N. Zimmerman

Additional Publications

March

2013

Understanding the Baby Boom Bubble

Julie N. Zimmerman and Amy F. Hosier

Feb

2012

By the Numbers: Finding and Using Data from the Internet.

Julie N. Zimmerman

June

2011

What Counts? Understanding Data on Jobs, Income, and Unemployment.

Julie N. Zimmerman

May

2011

The 2010 Census: New Decade, New Data

Julie N. Zimmerman

Feb

2009

It Counts To Be Counted: Answers to Questions about the 2010 Census.

Julie N. Zimmerman

Graphical Website Instructions

Last Updated

American FactFinder

April

2013

Getting Started... Using the "Community Facts" Search on the American FactFinder Website

Julie N. Zimmerman

Old Version of American FactFinder

October

2012

Getting Started... Finding Geography Comparison Tables from the American FactFinder Website for the American Community Survey

Julie N. Zimmerman

Feb

2012

Getting Started... Finding Subject Tables from the American Community Survey using the American FactFinder Website

Julie N. Zimmerman

Feb

2012

Getting Started... Finding Data Profiles from the American Community Survey using the American FactFinder Website

Julie N. Zimmerman

October

2011

Getting Started... Using the NEW American FactFinder Website to Find Community Data on School Districts and Neighborhoods

Julie N. Zimmerman

May

2011

Getting Started... Finding County Level Data Using the NEW American FactFinder Website

Julie N. Zimmerman

Other Websites

Nov

2011

Getting Started... Finding Economic Data Online at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

Julie N. Zimmerman

Oct.

2012

Getting Started... Finding Agriculture Data Online in the Agriculture Census.

Julie N. Zimmerman

Nov.

2012

Getting Started... Finding Unemployment Data Online at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Julie N. Zimmerman

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"Distilled Demographics"

The Population Reference Bureau has a series of short videos that not only describe key concepts in demography but provides real world examples of their impacts.

     http://www.prb.org/Journalists/DistilledDemographics.aspx

Child Trends Databank

The Child Trends Databank provides national overviews of issues facing children in the United States.

     http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/alphalist