I think it's OK to apply ACS 08-12 characteristics percentages to 2010
population and housing unit counts. Just keep in mind that the margins of
error in the ACS data are enormous. Yes, I know you have nothing better...
Patty Becker
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Geoff Olson <golson(a)bistateonline.org>wrote;wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Ive gotten started on our long range transportation plan, and one area we
have an issue with is Census data. We've got 2010 Census data for our
population and household counts, but we will also need the 5-year ACS data
of number of households by household size by household income. We would
prefer to use 2010 population counts for the base year of the model so
we've decided there are two options. We could use the 5-year ACS data for
our base model year population and household counts, but that doesn't
create a true picture of 2010. The other option is we could mix datasets
and proportionately apply characteristics of the 5-year ACS data to the
2010 counts. Can anyone give us some guidance needing to use both datasets
on the same project?
Thank you,
Geoff Olson
Transportation Planner
Bi-State Regional Commission
1504 3rd Ave.
P.O. Box 3368
Rock Island, IL 61204
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