December Census 2014 ACS Update

[jlm578]

When 2014 Census American Community Survey is released, the file and methodology notes need to be updated.

Additionally, need to determine and document whether the indicators that use the Census ACS to determine ratios are calculated automatically or manually. If manual, need to make sure all fields are updated with new ACS or if any should be made automatic.

[joshdelarosa1]

When the ratio is calculated from solely ACS data, the fetch data program pulls all of the variables needed. For example, children_in_poverty_perc is children_in_poverty_numer/ children_in_poverty_denom. Both numer and denom sums are exclusively ACS data.

But before updating ACS data, I would recommend checking with the PRB to confirm all of the ACS variables used are still available.