Using the New American FactFinder Michelle Jiles U.S. Census Bureau Webinar for DOT/FHWA October 11, 2011

Overview I.Introduction II.Searching in the new AFFII III.Retrieving and Modifying Tables IV.Example using Decennial Census Data V.Resources and Q&A 2 10/23/2015

Introduction A new American FactFinder (AFF) was introduced with the 2010 Decennial Census and 2010 ACS data - Why a new system - Data prior to 2010 The American Community Survey (ACS) replaces the Decennial Census Long Form 3

General Navigation From the main page two ways to search Quick Start –Center text entry Topics –Left side navigation 4

Quick Start

Quick Start – Topic Search

Quick Start - Topic Search Results

Quick Start Relevancy Rankings Rules that return results –Exact and “fuzzy” matches Ex. “Kids” returns tables on children –Searches in title, universe, stub –Results order determined by product type and number of times text appears in table –Can enter multiple search terms

Quick Start – Table ID Search

Topics Search

Use this search to find certain types of data or data from a specific year or dataset Each topic has a drop-down menu that allows you to narrow your search

Topics Search Topics list for ACS: –People – population topics –Housing – housing topics –Year – survey year –Product type – profile, detailed table, subject table… –Program – survey (ACS, Census, Econ surveys) –Dataset – 1, 3, 5-year

Number of Tables Topics Search

When searching for a table: –Topics Search is the closest to the legacy system logic –Searching through the Topic search will return different results then using the Quick Start

Geography Search

Filter Options Geo Name

Search Issues Refining too much/not enough Selecting a search/topic combination that does not exist in the dataset Not clearing out old selections when starting a new search

Retrieving Tables

Table Options

Modifying Tables

Table Tools

Transposed Table

Live Demonstration and Q&A

AFF Resources General assistance with AFF INFO (4636) or FAQs /kw/znewaff /kw/znewaff ONLINE TUTORIALS actfinder_help.htm#

For more Information Visit the ACS/PRCS website: (Can also sign-up for updates) Contact by telephone: Contact by Michelle Jiles 33