US Census Bureau Unveils Ancestry Products

In the US, The Census Bureau has launched two new products which provide detailed data on 'Race, Tribal, Hispanic and Ancestry Groups.' The data sets contain social and economic data and housing characteristics for hundreds of groups at numerous geographic levels.

The new products are based on the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS), and are said to be generally comparable to estimates generated from the 2000 Census 'long form.' Up to 300 tables are included on topics such as educational attainment, fertility, nativity, citizenship, income, poverty and home ownership. The estimates are based on groups meeting size thresholds in geographic areas. The two databases available are for Hispanic origin, ancestry and tribal groups and American Indian, Alaskan Native and Hawaiian groups.

The new estimates are available on American FactFinder, the Census Bureau's online data search engine. Summary files can also be downloaded via the Census Bureau's FTP site: www2.census.gov/acs2010_SPT_AIAN with further details on methodology at www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/special_data_release .

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