Re: [CTPP] ACS 5-year Estimates

Hi, Brian Which table did you use for poverty information? Most poverty related tables are not tabulated down to the block group level, but some of them are. For example, if you use Table B17010 Poverty Status In The Past 12 Months Of Families By Family Type By Presence Of Related Children Under 18 Years By Age Of Related Children, you should be able to get this down to the block group level. One trick which is really useful for me is to download the "lists and locations of all available tables". This table provids which tables are available down to the block group and where you can get it. This file can be downloaded from the box on the top right corner of this page. http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/2009_5yr_data/ Enjoy! Liang Long Federal Highway Administration ________________________________________ From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] on behalf of Brian Chenault [bchenault(a)hrtpo.org] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 3:35 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: [CTPP] ACS 5-year Estimates Hello, Brian Chenault from the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization here. We are trying to collect several pieces of data at the block group level using 2007-2011 ACS 5-year estimates. Using the Census’ Summary File Excel Retrieval Tool, we are able to retrieve basic population data at the block group level. However, data at the block group level is not provided for poverty, language spoken at home, etc. This appeared to be the case even when examining 2006-2010/2005-2009 5-year estimates. Has this information not been “filtered down” from the census tract level yet? How is one supposed to go about gathering this type of updated information at the block group level? Much appreciated, Brian [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: TPO-Heartbeat-Logo-FINAL]<http://www.hrtpo.org/> Brian Chenault Community Outreach Planner Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization The Regional Building | 723 Woodlake Drive | Chesapeake, Virginia | 23320 bchenault@hrpdcva.gov<mailto:bchenault@hrpdcva.gov> | http://www.hrtpo.org<http://www.hrtpo.org/> | Phone: 757.420.8300 | Fax: 757.523.4881