Where?
John McClain
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director
Center for Regional Analysis
School of Public Policy, George Mason University
703-993-2401
www.cra-gmu.org <http://www.cra-gmu.org/>
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Subject: [CTPP] WEB TRAINING to Review Census Bureau data access tools for
ACS data : Dec 2 and 5
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.asp
x?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.asp
x?webConfID=15625
Elaine Murakami
FHWA Office of Planning
206-220-4460 (in Seattle)