README File for ACS 2002 Data Products Delivered via FTP Data Available at this FTP Site Two types of data products are provided on this site – profiles and ranking tables. 2002 Profiles provide estimates of selected demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics for each geographic area. The profiles come complete with the margin of error, as indicated by the upper and lower bounds around the estimate. These bounds represent the 90- percent confidence interval. 2000-2002 and 2001-2002 Change Profiles use estimates from the single-year tabular profiles over time to show year-to-year changes, and the related percentage distributions, differences over the time period, margins of error for the differences, and whether the differences are statistically significant. Ranking tables and graphics show how state and large jurisdictions compare to each other for 19 selected characteristics. The survey estimates and 90-percent confidence intervals are shown on the graph so a data user can easily view the statistical significance of comparisons among jurisdictions. In addition, spreadsheets are provided which can be used to determine if a difference in a rank for two geographic areas are statistically significant. Finding the Data Under the FTP directory, there are two sub-directories, Ranking Tables and Profiles. Profiles The Profiles directory is subdivided into the following directories: 2000-2002, 2001-2002, and 2002 Profiles. Each of these directories contains one spreadsheet for the United States and separate directories for each state (including the District of Columbia) and the 108th Congressional Districts. The state directories contain one state spreadsheet and, depending upon the data available, up to eight subdirectories for the following geographic levels: County Level County Subdivision Level Place - County part Level Place Level Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area - Metropolitan Statistical Area Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area Congressional District (108th Congress) ACS Test Site Ranking Charts Under Ranking Tables there is a subdirectory for each ranked characteristic with the characteristic as the name. Each of these directories contains three subdirectories: State, County, and Place. The ranked characteristics are: Average Travel Time to Work Less Than a High School Diploma Median Family Income Median Household Income Median Housing Value Median Monthly Housing Costs for Mortgaged Owners Median Monthly Housing Costs for Renters Percent High School Graduate or Higher Percent in Labor Force (State only) Percent of 65 Years and Over Below Poverty Level (State only) Percent of Children Under 6 Years Old With All Parents in the Labor Force (State only) Percent of Owner-occupied Housing Units Percent of People Below Poverty Level Percent of People With a Bachelor's Degree or More Percent of Population that is Foreign Born Percent of Related Children Under 18 Years Below Poverty Level (State only) Percent Veterans Speaking a Language Other Than English Speaking Spanish at Home About the FTP Application About the FTP Application TC \l1 "About the FTP Application This FTP (File Transfer Protocol) application is intended for users of census data, compressed files, and spreadsheet/database software. It provides quick access to data users, such as State Data Centers and news media, who need to begin their analysis immediately upon data release. Each state directory provides all files available for the identified state. Once downloaded, the data are in Excel or PDF format. No software is provided. Users of the FTP application can then import it into the spreadsheet/database software of their choice for data analysis and table presentation.Other Sources of the Data TC \l1 "Other Sources of the Data FTP File Transfer To facilitate transferring files, we suggest using features commonly found in most vendors' FTP utility. When testing the download in a PC environment, we used the ws_ftp product. This product, and many other FTP products developed for the PC environment, allows individual or multiple file selection using the control key or block multiple file selection using the shift key. In the UNIX environment, the "mget" command allows the transferring of single or multiple files. Using the ftp command mget, followed by a single filename, will allow a single file to be downloaded. Using the command mget followed by a wildcard character such as *, or *.* , allows multiple files to be downloaded. For example, once you have navigated into the 2002 Profile directory for California, you can download all of the spreadsheets in the County Level subdirectory with the following ftp commands: ftp>binary (set file transfer mode to binary) ftp>prompt off (to avoid being asked for verification of each file, optional) ftp>mget *.* (to copy multiple files) ftp>quit (to exit ftp) Where to find more information: The 2002 American Community Survey press release may be found on the Web site at . In addition, data from previous years can be located on the Census Bureau's ftp site at . For additional information, contact Stephen Buckner in the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on (301) 763-3691.