🗃️ Data Sources: Census / ACS

What does the abbreviation ACS mean with regards to Census (Demographics)?

ACS

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a supplemental set of demographic data that is continually collected by the Census Department. This extract of data contains more information about things like jobs, home ownership, education & income. We combine ACS & the standard decennial census data to generate the demographics report.

[ more info from the US Census Department]

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