The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to hold a prerelease webinar about the 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. EST. The webinar will explain how to access ACS data and online resources and provide tips for comparing geographies and statistics over time.

The ACS provides a wide range of statistics about the nation’s people and housing, such as language spoken at home, education, commuting, employment, mortgage status and rent, income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. It is the only source of local estimates for most of the 40-plus topics it covers.

The statistics will be available to embargo subscribers beginning Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. EST for a variety of geographic areas. This includes all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, congressional and state legislative districts, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, places, and other geographies down to census tracts and block groups.

Embargo subscribers will have access to these statistics from Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. EST, to Thursday, Dec. 12, at 12:01 a.m. EST. Wire and distribution services are prohibited from distributing embargoed news stories and data files before the public release date and time. For more information, view the Census Bureau’s embargo policy. All datasets will be available to the public Thursday, Dec. 12, by 10 a.m. EST.

Register for embargo access at: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/embargoed_releases.

2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Pre-Release Webinar

Thursday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. EST

• Charles Gamble, supervisory survey statistician, American Community Survey Office
• Jewel Jordan, public affairs specialist, Public Information Office

The webinar will consist of a simultaneous audio conference and online presentation. Attendees do not need to call into the webinar to hear the audio. Credentialed media and data users will be able to ask questions during the webinar utilizing the Q&A feature and after the presentation through audio. 

• Registration Link:
  https://uscensus.webex.com/weblink/register/ree927460b04e7cb6d266b0595fb74e9f

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