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(August 26, 2004)
The U.S.
Census Bureau released today
tabulations from the 2003 American Community Survey (ACS).
This annual survey is the largest household survey in the
United States (800,000 housing units per year during the test
phase).
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The
American Community Survey is a new nationwide survey designed to
provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. It will
replace the long form in future censuses and is a critical element
in the U.S. Census Bureau’s reengineered
2010 census plan |
Like the decennial census
long form it is designed to replace, the ACS provides information on
money income and poverty, as well as a wide
range of other social,
economic, and housing indicators
for the population living in
households. ACS data for 2003 are shown for
116 metropolitan areas, 233 counties and 68 cities, all with populations
of 250,000 or more. In Northeastern Illinois,
that includes data for the city of Chicago and each of the six counties
(Cook, DuPage,
Kane, Lake,
McHenry, and
Will) that comprise Northeastern
Illinois. Information is also presented for a
nine-county
metropolitan area aggregate (the six counties mentioned previously plus
DeKalb, Grundy, and Kendall).
To view, print, or
download the 2003 ACS data and narrative profiles for the large geographic areas
in our region and the rest of Illinois, please go to:
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/IL.htm.
At
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/IL.htm,
a data user can access either HTML pages or Microsoft Excel tables of
the 2003 data profiles and side-by-side comparisons Of annual ACS
results from 2000 to 2003. Narrative summaries of the 2003 ACS
results for each geographic area are also available to view, print, or
download.
Starting in 2006, the Census Bureau expects
data will be available for all areas with populations of 65,000 or more.
And by 2010, data will be available down to the census tract and block
group levels.
Please note that the
2003 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household
population and excludes the population living in institutions, college
dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and
are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an
estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The
confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval
and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that
the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.
Posted August 26, 2004
