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American Community Survey (ACS) Data
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. It was created to eliminate the need for the long form in the 2010 Census and beyond. The ACS collects information from U.S. households similar to what was collected on the Census 2000 long form, such as income, commute time to work, home value, veteran status, educational attainment and other important data. If you would like information about comparing ACS data sets with each other or with 2000 Census Data, the Census Bureau has guides for comparing the ACS data available here.
Every year the Census Bureau will release three seperate sets of ACS estimates based on samples aggregate over a 5-year, 3-year or 1-year period. To be included in one of the releases a geographic area has to me a population threshold. To be included in the 1-year ACS release the area has to have a total population of at least 65,000 people. To be included in the 3-year release the population threshold is at least 20,000 peple. All Census geographic areas above the block group level are included in the 5-year aggregated sample data. Because of these thresholds, the 5-year sample is the only ACS data release that includes all 120 Counties and 400+ incorporated cities. Louisville and Lexington meet the thresholds for all three data releases and the data user can choose to use the sample that best fits their needs,i.e., the one year sample is more current data but the 3-year and 5-year samples will have smaller margins of error.
2010 ACS 5-Year Estimates For All Kentucky Counties (Released December 9, 2011)
The 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-year estimates are now available for every state, county, city, town, place, American Indian Area, Alaska Native Area, and Hawaiian Home Land, as well as for census tracts. Block group estimates are available only in the ACS Summary File. This is the first ACS data release to include estimates for tribal census tracts and tribal block groups.
2010 ACS 5-Year Estimates For All Kentucky Counties Selected Social Characteristics - Demographic Profile 2 (PDF) or (Excel) Selected Economic Characteristics - Demographic Profile 3 (PDF) or (Excel) Selected Housing Characteristics - Demographic Profile 4 (PDF) or (Excel)
Other geographic areas are available at the American FactFinder, including 2010 Census Tracts, cities and school districts.
2010 ACS Single Year Estimates New estimates of economic, housing and social characteristics from the American Community Survey are available. The sample data were collected in 2010 and are available for geographic areas with at least 65,000 people. In Kentucky there are 13 counties that meet the threshold and have new estimates available. Louisville and Lexington are the only two cities in Kentucky that meet the requirements to be included in this data release. The links below are PDF formatted profiles for Kentucky, 13 counties (Boone, Bullitt, Campbell, Christian, Daviess, Fayette, Hardin, Jefferson, Kenton, Madison, McCracken, Pike and Warren) and two cities included in this release:
Selected Social Characteristics for Kentucky Selected Economic Characteristics for Kentucky Selected Housing Characteristics for Kentucky Demographic and Housing Estimates for Kentucky
Counties (Boone, Bullitt, Campbell, Christian, Daviess, Fayette, Hardin, Jefferson, Kenton, Madison, McCracken, Pike and Warren) Selected Economic Characteristics for Counties Selected Housing Characteristics for Counties Demographic and Housing Estimates
Cities (Lexington and Louisville) Selected Economic Characteristics Selected Housing Characteristics Demographic and Housing Estimates
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