Discovering the American Community Survey: Module 3

This comprehensive course covers the American Community Survey (ACS), the Census Bureau's largest survey, which provides data for over 40+ topics at the national level down to the block group level.

This course is designed for researchers, students, grant writers, local planners, business owners and those who need to understand and access the fundamentals of the ACS in order to use our data.

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Module 3: Mastering the Variety of ACS Data Products; Navigating Releases, Tables, and Profiles

The ACS offers several types of products. Learn about these products to discover which is best for your needs. In this module you will learn about:

The differences between the main ACS data products such as Data Profiles, types of data tables, and special table packages.
How to access important information about ACS product releases and the details within them.
How data is laid out in tables using Table Shells and locate available tables from the Table Lists.
How to access Data Profiles from the Data Profiles tool on the ACS website.

ACS Course - Module 3: Mastering the Variety of ACS Data Products; Navigating Releases, Tables, and Profiles

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