American Community Survey (ACS): Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), 2002 (ICPSR 3893)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary: The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. It will replace the decennial long form in future censuses and is a critical element in the Bureau of the Census' re-engineered 2010 census. The American Community Survey is conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193, and response is mandatory. (more info)

Series: American Community Survey (ACS) Series

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United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. American Community Survey (ACS): Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), 2002. ICPSR03893-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03893.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03893.v1

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Summary:   The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing. It will replace the decennial long form in future censuses and is a critical element in the Bureau of the Census' re-engineered 2010 census. The American Community Survey is conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193, and response is mandatory.

Subject Terms:   census data, demographic characteristics, employment, ethnicity, families, household composition, households, housing, housing conditions, income, population, population characteristics

Geographic Coverage:   Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Time Period:  

• 2000-11--2001-12

Date of Collection:  

• 2000-11--2001-12

Universe:   All persons and housing units in the United States.

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The setup files are designed to produce SAS, SPSS, or Stata data files and then merge the files.

Mode of Data Collection:   self-enumerated questionnaire, telephone interview, face-to-face interview

Original ICPSR Release:  2006-01-06

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