Hi Everyone,
On January 26th, the Census Bureau published new 2004 American
Community Survey (ACS) means of transportation tables, by workplace
geography.
Means tables by workplace geography are only currently available for
the 2004 ACS, and only for geographic summary levels with 250k+ in
population. Additionally, group quarters information is excluded. Data
for 2005 and beyond (appropriations-dependent) will be published for
areas with 65k+ population (including PUMAs) on a yearly basis. Areas
between 20-65k will be released with 3-year-averaged data, and areas
<20k population (including census tracts and block groups) with
5-year-averaged data. ACS group quarters data collection for the U.S.
and Puerto Rico began in January 2006.
New tables for 2004 can be accessed from the ACS page on the Bureau's
American Factfinder website:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_l…
2004 ACS tables on the means of transportation to work by workplace
geography:
o Sex of Workers by Means of Transportation for Workplace
Geography
o Sex of Workers by Travel Time to Work for Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Age for Workplace Geography
o Median Age by Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace
Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography (White
Alone)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography (Black
or African American Alone)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography
(American Indian and Alaska Native Alone)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography (Asian
Alone)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography (Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography (Some
Other Race Alone)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography (Two or
More Races)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography (White
Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino)
o Means of Transportation to Work for Workplace Geography
(Hispanic or Latino)
o Means of Transportation to Work by Citizenship Status for
Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Language Spoken at Home and
Ability to Speak English for Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Marital Status for Workplace
Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Educational Attainment for
Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Workers' Earnings in the Past
12 Months for Workplace Geography
o Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months by Means of Transportation
to Work for Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Poverty Status in the Past 12
Months for Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Occupation for Workplace
Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Industry for Workplace
Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Class of Worker for Workplace
Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Time Arriving at Work from
Home for Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Travel Time to Work for
Workplace Geography
o Aggregate Travel Time to Work (in Minutes) of Workers by Means
of Transportation to Work for
Workplace Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Tenure for Workplace
Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Household Type for Workplace
Geography
o Means of Transportation to Work by Vehicles Available for
Workplace Geography
Please note that the Census Bureau plans to update and improve ACS data
products for 2005. Comments can be directed to (888) 346-9682 or e-mail
<cmo.acs(a)census.gov>. Any feedback provided to the Bureau should be
given no later than COB Tuesday, February 28, 2006.
Shimon
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Shimon Israel
Associate Transportation Planner/Analyst
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
101 Eighth Street
Oakland, CA 94607-4700
(510) 817-5839 (office)
(510) 817-5848 (fax)
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TO: CTPP-News Listserv
This item may be of interest to transportation planners interested in
disability statistics from Census 2000 compared to the American
Community Survey.
The bottom line is that if you are interested in disability statistics,
stick with data from the 2003-to-current ACS. The working paper also
suggests other national databases that might provide useful information
on national/statewide/metro area disability statistics.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has just released a report
entitled "Disability in the San Francisco Bay Area: Comparing Data
Between Census 2000 and the American Community Survey 2000-2004."
The working paper is available here:
http://www.mtc.ca.gov/maps_and_data/datamart/census/Disability_BayArea_Work…
The main MTC Census page is here:
http://www.mtc.ca.gov/maps_and_data/datamart/census/
MTC and ABAG staff will be working on a re-design of the Bay Area
Census web site (http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/), to have page or
pages devoted to American Community Survey analysis and issues.
This is the very first in a long series of possible working papers and
data summaries to be based on data from the US Census Bureau's American
Community Survey.
The abstract from this working paper discusses the purpose and intent
of the study:
As a characteristic of the general population, disability rates
determined by the U.S. Census
should not vary much year to year or survey to survey. This paper
examines disability data from
Census 2000 and the American Community Survey (ACS), years 2000-2004,
for the 5 San
Francisco Bay Area primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSA). For
most of the PMSAs,
statistically significant differences exist between Census 2000 and ACS
disability data,
particularly for the go-outside-home and employment disability items.
Differences in sampling
technique, sampling instruments, and information reporting between
Census 2000 and ACS data
that might account for this variation are discussed.
Census 2000 data shows 1.1 million disabled persons (any type of
disability) residing in the ninecounty
Bay Area. This is 17.6 percent of the Bay Area's population (age 5+).
This compares to
the 2000 American Community Survey that shows 0.8 million disabled
persons (13.1 percent) in
the Bay Area.
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Charles L. Purvis, AICP
Principal Transportation Planner/Analyst
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
101 Eighth Street
Oakland, CA 94607-4700
(510) 817-5755 (office) [new, 8/1/05]
(510) 817-7848 (fax) [new, 8/1/05]
www: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/
Census WWW: http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/
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