Fact Sheets on ACS

The Census Project is producing a series of Fact Sheets detailing the importance of the American Community Survey. The first five focus on children, veterans, the business community, rural areas and transportation. Go to our Fact Sheets page to download the information.

Phil Sparks
(202) 326-8700
philsparks@ccmc.org

Foolish bill won't fly
The Herald
(Rock Hill, S.C.)
May 5, 2013

A new GOP bill would prevent the government from collecting economic data
The Washington Post
May 1, 2013

Census Budget Cuts Show Willful Ignorance
The New York Times
March 24, 2013

Sequestration Cuts To Census Bureau Make Federal Government Dumber On Economy
The Huffington Post
March 9, 2013

Recent Media on the House Eliminating ACS Funding for FY 2013 August 6, 2012

News Advisory for Press Conference and Congressional Hearing on the Elimination of the ACS for FY 2013 June 12, 2012

Press Release on Census Stakeholders Letter to Senate Leadership on FY2013 Census Bureau Funding May 16, 2012

Click here for archives of news coverage of Census 2010, compiled from January 2009 - August 2010

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Welcome to the Census Project website. The Census Project is an informal network of scores of census stakeholder organizations that are working to ensure inclusive, comprehensive and forward-thinking early planning for Census 2020. We also will encourage Congress and the Administration to provide adequate resources to meet the task. Further, we support the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), which replaced the census long form as an ongoing source of key social, economic and demographic data. This vital survey also needs adequate resources over the coming decade to maintain its accuracy and usefulness to decision makers.

Currently, because of economic, fiscal and political challenges, the ongoing budgets to adequately fund planning for Census 2020 and the ACS’ ongoing work will be under a microscope in Congress. And, the House of Representatives recently voted to eliminate the FY 2013 funding for the ACS.

At the same time, the Census Bureau has started research and testing for the 2020 enumeration. The Census Project will work to ensure that external stakeholders have a meaningful voice in this process.

The Census Project is engaging in a public education campaign to alert the public, policymakers and the media to the stakes involved in these early decisions by Congress and the Census Bureau.