September 08, 2005

New Ranking Tables From the American Community Survey

One of the major advantages of the American Community Survey (ACS) is the wealth of small-area data available on a yearly basis. To help you put the data for such areas into perspective, we have dramatically increased the number of ranking tables for states, counties, and places, with the release of the 2004 data in late August. More of the ranking tables cover counties and places than before. To find these and other data from the 2004 ACS, go to the American FactFinder and select "Data Sets." Then select the "2000-2004 American Community Survey" tab and select the kind of table you want; you'll find the ranking tables here. In using the ranking tables, be sure to note the upper and lower bound shown in each table; they may greatly influence the rankings and apparent differences in the rank order.

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