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A letter bearing the U.S. Census Bureau logo describes an "American Community Survey" and directs users to visit respond.census.gov/acs.
The U.S. Census Bureau has announced the first-ever delay in the release of the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, citing COVID-19 nonresponse challenges and noting “the need for ...
When we return to the American Community Survey page on Census.gov, there is a link under the "about" section that's listed as "top questions about the survey." ...
President Trump on Thursday said he had instructed the Department of Commerce to "immediately begin work on a new and highly ...
Question: We recently were mailed an official-looking envelope from the U.S. Census Bureau. It said a response was “required by law.” It’s called the American Community Survey, and my ...
The U.S. Census Bureau announced Wednesday the first-ever delay in the release of its American Community Survey five-year data, citing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The target release ...
The American Community Survey is real, and you are legally required to respond to it. A viewer sent a picture of the survey she had just received. It indicates a response is required by law.
The ACS disability questions were created to measure disability status among the U.S. population and added to the Census in 2008 in response to concerns from the disability community.
The Census Bureau staff work to achieve cooperation and high response rates by helping the public understand that responding to the ACS is a matter of civic responsibility, and prefers to ...
For 2000 and 2001, the ACS was designated as the Census Supplementary Survey. For clarity and conciseness, we refer to both as ACS samples, for 2000 and 2001 respectively. ↩ The overlapping sample ...
The U.S. Census Bureau randomly selects people to receive the American Community Survey every year, and responding is mandatory.