The Census Bureau plans to replace the decennial census “long form” with a continuous survey approach, now called the American Community Survey. In this approach, a five year accumulation of data will be used in place of the “snapshot” of data from the decennial census. The Census Bureau has historically conducted the workplace geocoding, with limited assistance from local government agencies. In this test of data from San Francisco County from 1999, 2000, and 2001 data, there will be an attempt to determine whether or not more direct assistance from a local agency can provide improvements to workplace geocoding, and thus result in improved data for all decennial census data users.
To determine if workplace geocoding in the American Community Survey can be improved with increased local government involvement.
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