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Information Collection Request

The American Community Survey and the Puerto Rico Community Survey

ICR 202206-0607-003 · OMB 0607-0810 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
Form ACS-1(2021) The American Community Survey Form Unchanged Repair queued
ACS_NSC_GQ Materials_06222022.pdf Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change Uploaded 2022-06-22 Repair queued
ACSProductionExtension_SupportingStatementA_2022_05_25.docx Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2022-05-26 Repair queued
ACSProductionExtension_SupportingStatementB_2022_03_21.docx Supporting Statement B Uploaded 2022-04-15 Repair queued
Attachment T - USCODE-2007-Title13.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2022-03-23 Repair queued
2022 List of Attachments 052522.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2022-05-26 Repair queued
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
3530 The American Community Survey Form Unchanged
ICR Details
0607-0810 202206-0607-003
Received in OIRA 202203-0607-006
DOC/CENSUS
The American Community Survey and the Puerto Rico Community Survey
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular 06/23/2022
  Requested Previously Approved
06/30/2025 06/30/2025
3,791,297 3,791,297
2,464,283 2,464,283
0 0
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing monthly survey that collects detailed housing and socioeconomic data from a sample of about 3.5 million addresses in the United States and about 36,000 addresses in Puerto Rico each year. The ACS also collects detailed socioeconomic data from a sample of about 170,000 residents living in group quarters (GQ) facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico where it is known as the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). Resulting tabulations from this data collection are provided on a yearly basis. The ACS allows the U.S. Census Bureau to provide timely and relevant housing and socioeconomic statistics, even for low levels of geography.
US Code: 13 USC 141, 193, 221
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  86 FR 51112 09/14/2021
87 FR 22501 04/15/2022
Yes
  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 3,791,297 3,791,297 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 2,464,283 2,464,283 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
There were changes due to previous miscalculations in the burden estimate. This burden estimate accurately accounts for Puerto Rico sample sizes and responses. The full implementation of the ACS and PRCS GQ data collection began in 2006. Sample sizes approximated 200,000 persons through 2016 and around 170,000 persons starting in 2017. Refinements were made to the methodology for computing initial sample beginning with the 2017 sample. One of these refinements was to omit people in out-of-scope GQs from the initial sample size. The effect of these refinements is a smaller sample size.
$233,500,000
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Robin Pennington 301 763-8132 [email protected]
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
06/23/2022