We would like to participate in this webinar on either Dec 2 or Dec 5 -
the registration link is not working for us.
Jeanne Lecesse and Tom Mank
Ithaca NY
Tom Mank
Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council
607-274-5583
>> "Murakami, Elaine"
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This training session will review different ways to access ACS data
from
the Census Bureau webpage. On December 9, the Census Bureau will
release the first 3-year tabulation (2005 through 2007) from the
American Community Survey. Data for areas reaching a population
threshold of 20,000 will be released. Previous ACS results were
limited
to areas that reached a population threshold of 65,000, so many more
counties and cities will be included in this release. The geographic
units in which you are likely to be most interested in are: County,
Place (cities and Census-designated Places), and PUMA. Approximately
60% of counties in the U.S. will be included.
This training session IS NOT a basic introduction on the American
Community Survey. Please review Census Bureau materials on the
American
Community Survey at :
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/SBasics/
The Census Bureau has also released a new series of guidebooks for the
ACS called the Compass series. These are available at:
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/handbook_def.html
The American FactFinder is very user-friendly, but if you haven't used
it before, this short session will make you more comfortable with
finding tables, and saving the data to your own computer.
The SAME materials will be covered on both days with the same
presenters, please attend only one.
December 2, 2008 at 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 70 seats, requires "advanced
registration"
To register for the DECEMBER 2 session:
http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg
.aspx?webConfID=15626
Moderator: Ed Christopher, FHWA Resource Center Planning Team
1. Welcome and ACS training materials, MOE calculator, Ed Christopher
(10 min)
2. Using American FactFinder, Melissa Chiu, US Census Bureau (25 min
plus 10 min Q&A)
3. Using data download and thematic maps-Liang Long, Cambridge
Systematics (20 min plus 10 min Q&A)
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December 5, 2008 at 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 40 seats, requires "advanced
registration"
To register for the DECEMBER 5 session:
http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg
.aspx?webConfID=15625
Elaine Murakami
FHWA Office of Planning
206-220-4460 (in Seattle)