For the very first time in the country the Census will be putting out, annually, small- area data looking at occupational distribution, educational attainment, commuting patterns, housing, and
socio-economic data, according to Robert Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Speaking at ARF, he said every year, the Census will promulgate community and neighborhood-based data.
"This has never happened before," he noted. "In prior years we offered a big dose of data every ten years, which became less and less valuable as the years passed." The new product, The American
Community Survey, is based on ongoing polling of 3 million households, said Groves.