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NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - NEWTON, MA -- Caliper
Corporation has made available selected tables from the American Community
Survey 2008 3-year estimates, released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, for
users of its TransCAD Transportation Planning Software. The Caliper
Transportation Profile is a set of 30 tables that are useful for
transportation planning and analysis. The tables include "Means of
Transportation to Work," "Sex of Workers by Travel Time to Work," "Tenure by
Vehicles Available by Age of Householder," and "Median Household Income in
the Past 12 Months (in 2008 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars)." The files are
available free of charge to TransCAD users and are provided in TransCAD
format, removing the burden of file import.
The American Community Survey (ACS) is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau
and uses a series of monthly samples to produce annually-updated estimates
for the same areas as were surveyed by the decennial census long-form
sample. The 3-year estimates are averages of the surveys for three years
(2006-2008) and only report on areas that have 20,000 or more people. The
tables are available for 20 summary levels, from State to Place, including
Congressional Districts and 5% Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMA5s).
Users of TransCAD transportation planning software can log into the Caliper
User Center at (http://usercenter.caliper.com), then download and install
the ACS 2008 3-year data. TransCAD will automatically recognize the
newly-installed data. By choosing the Planning-Census
Utilities-American Community Survey command, a user can start
the Table Chooser for ACS 2008-3 (3 year), then choose the summary level and
tables to use. The resulting data can be saved as a geographic file that can
be added as a layer in a map, or as a table file that can be joined to
existing layers or tables based on standard feature codes, such as FIPS
codes for states and counties.
Caliper is a leading developer of mapping, redistricting, transportation, and GIS software, including Maptitude®, Maptitude for Redistricting, TransCAD®, and TransModeler®. Caliper software is used by more than 70,000 users in over 70 countries.
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