The Census Bureau released new data from the 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS) and economic tabulations from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS) yesterday. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 (PDF) summarizes findings from the CPS-ASEC, and a fact sheet notes differences between the CPS and ACS income and poverty estimates.

Links to data, reports, presentations, and press releases can be found on the Census Bureau news conference page.

The 2005 ACS guide includes a list of data products, a list of geographical areas for which data are available, and step-by-step instructions for accessing the data on the Census Bureau’s American FactFinder (AFF) site.
A similar user guide for the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) will be released in Spanish in the next few weeks.

The Census Bureau released 2005 ACS estimates for all 50 states including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

The Census Bureau today released new data from the American Community Survey (ACS) for the first time. The data show demographic and social characteristics of areas with a population of 65,000 or more. For more information, see the Census Bureau press release and the ACS Web site.

Related news coverage:

• Census: New arrivals fan out (USA Today)
• Census Shows Growth of Immigrants (New York Times)
• Minorities rise in most US states (BBC News)
• ‘Explosion of diversity’ sweeps U.S., census shows (AP via CNN.com)
• Philly’s population smaller, more diverse (AP via Centre Daily Times)
• Population corrosion continues for region (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

The Employment and Disability Institute at Cornell University has published guides to disability statistics for several major datasets (all available in PDF format):

• Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
• Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
• National Health Interview Study (NHIS)
• National Health Interview Study (NHIS) Disability Supplement
• 2000 Decennial Census
• American Community Survey (ACS)

The Census Bureau recently released ACS 2004 PUMS on DataFerrett. DataFerrett allows you to select a “databasket” full of variables and then recode those variables as you need. You can then develop and customize tables or create charts or graphs for a visual presentation into an html page.

The Census Bureau released this paper (PDF) which is a comprehensive summary of the full set of methodologies used in the ACS. The paper contains a wide range of topics ranging from sample design, content development, and the language assistance program to data dissemination and user assistance. The paper also includes a glossary of terms, a list of acronyms and appendices.

Subject tables (PDF file) from the 2004 ACS detailing age, poverty, fertility, and other characteristics of Pennsylvanians are now available through the PaSDC at Penn State Harrisburg.

Characteristics of the Population by U.S. Citizenship Status from the 2003 American Community Survey. Special Tabulation.

Subject tables from the 2004 ACS detailing age, poverty, fertility, and other characteristics of Pennsylvanians are now available through the PaSDC. Read the Research Brief (PDF file) from the PaSDC.