Looking toward an information base in the 21st Century: The American Community Survey |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Information Systems, Université du Québec à Rimouski, campus de Lévis 1595 Boulevard Alphonse-Desjardins, Lévis, QC G6V 0A6, Canada;2. Department of Information Systems, Laval University 2325, rue de la Terrasse, G1V 0A6, Québec, Canada;3. Department of Geomatics, Laval University, 1055, avenue du Séminaire, G1V 0A6 Québec, Canada;1. Department of Political Science, Sam Houston State University, United States;2. Department of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, United States;1. Department of Land management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China;2. School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China;3. Land Planning Department, Shanghai Institute of Geological Survey, Shanghai 200072, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Communities traditionally have relied on demographic and economic data from the decennial census for key decisions. Those same data are used by Congress and federal agencies to distribute billions of dollars, to administer federal programs, and to evaluate the results of federal policies. As the decade progresses, communities and their financial supports have had no alternative other than to live with the fiction that their areas have not changed since the last census. This article describes the American Community Survey, which the U.S. Census Bureau has designed to provide demographic, economic, and housing information to communities every year instead of every 10 years, providing them with a “video” of changes in their areas, rather than the current decennial “snapshot.” |
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