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Data users with programming skills and access to statistical software can use the Summary File to download and analyze ACS data for a wide range of geographic areas.  \nThis guide provides an overview of the ACS TableBased Summary File and how it can be used to access data on America’s communities.  \nStarting with the 2022 ACS data releases, the tablebased format will be the only format available. The 2021 data releases were the final releases of the original sequence-based format. For information about accessing the ACS Summary File in the original sequence-based format, refer to Using the American Community Survey Summary File: What Data Users Need to Know.1  \nWhat Is the ACS?  \nThe ACS is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. A separate annual survey, called the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), collects similar data about the population and housing units in Puerto Rico. The U. S. Census Bureau uses data collected in the ACS and the PRCS to provide estimates on a broad range of population, housing unit, and household characteristics for states, counties, cities, school districts, congressional districts, census tracts, block groups, and many other geographic areas.  \n1 U. S. Census Bureau, Using the American Community Survey Summary File: What Data Users Need to Know, \u003C[www.census.gov/](www.census.gov/)[ ](www.census.gov/)[programs-surveys/acs/library/handbooks/summary-](programs-surveys/acs/library/handbooks/summary-)fi[le.html](le.html)> .  \nThe ACS has an annual sample size of about 3.5 million addresses with survey information collected nearly every day of the year. Data are pooled across a calendar year to produce estimates for that year. As a result, ACS estimates reflect data that have been collected over a period of time rather than fora single point in time, as in the decennial census, which is conducted every 10 years and provides population counts as of April 1 of the census year.  \nACS 1-year estimates are data that have been collected over a 12-month period and are available for geographic areas with a population of at least 65,000 . Starting with the 2014 ACS, the Census Bureau has been producing “1-year Supplemental Estimates”—simplified versions of popular ACStables—for geographic areas with a population of at least 20,000 . The Census Bureau combines 5 consecutive years of ACS data to produce multiyear estimates for geographic areas with fewer than  \n65,000 residents. These 5-year estimates represent data collected over a period of 60 months.  \nFor more detailed information about the ACS—how to judge the accuracy of ACS estimates, understanding multiyear estimates, knowing which geographic areas are covered in the ACS, and how to access ACS data on the Census Bureau’s website—refer to the Census Bureau’s handbook on Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data: What All Data Users Need to Know.2  \n2 U. S. Census Bureau, Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data: What All Data Users Need to Know,\u003C[www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/library/handbooks/general](www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/library/handbooks/general). html> .  \nUsing the American Community Survey Table-Based Summary File 1  \nU. S. Census Bureau What All Data Users Need to Know","cbCaiuaExn0Doag9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuaExn0Doag9","pdf",25603,"English","# Introduction\n## What Is the ACS?\n## Using the American Community Survey Table-Based Summary File","[{\"question\":\"What is the ACS Table-Based Summary File and what format does it use?\",\"answer\":\"It is a pipe-delimited text file that contains all the ACS Detailed Tables. With programming skills and statistical software, users can download and analyze ACS data.\"},{\"question\":\"When did the ACS table-based format become the only available format?\",\"answer\":\"Starting with the 2022 ACS data releases, the table-based format became the only format available. The 2021 releases were the final releases of the original sequence-based format.\"},{\"question\":\"How are ACS estimates produced and what determines the time period they represent?\",\"answer\":\"Data are pooled across a calendar year to produce estimates for that year. 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