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Hands On American FactFinder Session Outline • Short Background of Census • Introduction American Factfinder (AFF) & American Factfinder 2 (AFF2) – Exercise & Discussions • Introduction to American Community Survey (ACS) – Exercise & Discussions • Questions & Answers Objectives At the end of the session you will be able to • Find AFF & AFF2 • Differentiate between the datasets in AFF & AFF2 • Conduct simple data searches in AFF & AFF2 • Make informed choices between datasets Why have a Census? • Defines our Congressional Representation. • Defines federal funding levels for roads, public transportation, and social services. • The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. - Source: US Constitution Raw DataFinished Product New & Legacy American Factfinders Current Coverage American Factfinder • American Community Survey • Census 1990 • Population Estimates • Economic Census • Annual Economic Surveys American Factfinder 2 • Census 2010 • Census 2000 • Census 2000 Conceptual Differences American Factfinder American Factfinder 2 • You tell it what you want • It returns one or more tables • It presents every table in the system • You tell it what you want and non-matching tables are filtered out Pro • Clear workflow Con • No guidance on what's available in the system Pro • Some guidance on what's available in the system Con • No clear workflow Legacy AFF: Implied Workflow New AFF: Guidance Exercise & Discussion Exercise • Using Census 2000 • Use address search to find data for either your home or your workplace and the table on travel time to work (P31) • Refer to the handout for detailed instructions Discussion For Each Group • What worked well in this version of American Factfinder? • What didn’t? American Community Survey (ACS) • Allows for data collection between decennial census • Collects information that used to be associated with the long form • 3 million housing unit addresses are selected annually, across every county in the nation • Estimates o Single year estimates - populations of 65,000+ o 3-year estimates - 20,000+ o 5-year estimates - under 20,000 Census Geographies New & Legacy American Factfinders ACS Walkthrough 1 ACS: Select Data Source Select Version ACS: Select City ACS: Demographics ACS: Margins of Error ACS: St. Cloud, MN 2009 2007-2009 2005-2009 Exercise & Discussion Exercise • Starting in 2009 American Community Survey (one year estimate), choose a place in any state. • Compare the place's 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year estimates. • Refer to the handout for detailed instructions Discussion For Each Group • Were the margins of sampling error large enough to make you question the data? • Were the margins of sampling error large enough to cancel out any reported population increase or decrease? Census 2010 • Now - 2010 Redistricting Data • Summer 2011 - Summary File 1 (Race / Hispanic&Latino / Select Population and Housing) • Winter 2011/2012 - Summary File 2 (Detailed Population and Housing) • http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/glance/ Thank You! Amy West • Data Services Librarian • phone: (612) 625-6368 • email/IM: [email protected] (Google) • web: http://www2.lib.umn.edu/data • del.icio.us: umdatalib • Twitter: @amyewest Kirsten Clark • Government Information and Regional Depository Librarian • phone: 612-626-7520 • email/IM: [email protected] (Google) • web: http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu • IM: [email protected] • Twitter: @kjclark Flickr Attributions • Gotto, C. (2011). [keyboard cat]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/threecheersformcr_xo/546353950 7/