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The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that gathers housing and population data for the United States. Researchers can access the ACS data through the IPUMS and Census Bureau websites. Workshop participants will gain hands-on experience using the tools on the IPUMS and Census Bureau websites to find and extract the ACS data needed for their research. 

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Learning Objectives:

  • Create a custom dataset on the IPUMS website by selecting housing and population variables.
  • Import custom dataset into a programming language (Stata, SAS, R) for analysis.

  • Find and create summary tables using ACS data on the data.census.gov website.

  • Filter ACS data by county, year, household size, household income, etc.

  • Review popular articles written by Cornell authors that include the ACS data. 

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Instructor: Samantha De Leon Sautu

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