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Technical Paper

2012–2016 American Community Survey (ACS) Methodology


This white paper details Esri's methodology for American Community Survey (ACS) data.

This paper summarizes differences between the American Community Survey data and data from the decennial census. Features provided by Esri, such as additional geographies and proprietary Reliability symbols to simplify use of the data, are also described.

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