Sunday, November 24, 2024
Hawai'i Free Press

Current Articles | Archives

Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Census Bureau Releases Hawaii ACS Report
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 3586 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2011-2015 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR DATA FOR HAWAII

News Release from Hawaii State Data Center, December 8, 2016

The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates on December 8, 2016. The estimates are based on the annual American Community Survey conducted by the Census Bureau which include social, economic, demographic and housing characteristics of Hawaii’s population.

The Census Bureau releases 5-year data for all census geographic areas down to the block group level. Over 9% of Hawaii’s population were surveyed between this 2011 to 2015 period.

The new ACS dataset is a rich source of detailed race “alone or in combination with some other race” data that has not been available in previous ACS releases. This type of data is especially important to Hawaii where about one-quarter of our population are of two or more races. Average figures for the 5-year time period of 2011-2015 may be obtained for the state level and down to smaller areas such as the census tract level. For example, the number of Vietnamese race “alone or in any combination” in the state for this period was 13,373 and the number of Marshallese race “alone or in any combination” in the state was 9,215. At a smaller geographic level, the estimate for Native Hawaiians race “alone or in any combination” in the Nanakuli area was 5,683.

Other interesting additions to the ACS 5-year dataset series this year are tables for median gross rent by number of bedrooms for renter-occupied housing units and living arrangement estimates by age for adults 18 years and over. Top data categories were also changed for some key housing tables. The top category for median housing value is now “$2 million or more” (versus last year’s top category of “$1 million or more”) and the median rent’s top category was increased to “$3,500 or more” (versus last year’s top category of “$2,000 or more”). These changes provide more detailed information about selected areas within our state which had higher median values. To provide some data on owner-occupied housing units, a table on median selected monthly owner costs for housing units with mortgages was also included in these highlights.

New to these 5-year estimates are profiles which contain comparative data for smaller geographic areas such as census designated places and census tracts. Tables include data for the 2006-2010 period and the 2011-2015 period. They also include information about whether any of the differences were statistical significance. Caution must be taken when studying an area, however, in cases where the area boundaries have changed between the two time periods being studied.

read … ACS Hawaii Report

Links

TEXT "follow HawaiiFreePress" to 40404

Register to Vote

2aHawaii

Aloha Pregnancy Care Center

AntiPlanner

Antonio Gramsci Reading List

A Place for Women in Waipio

Ballotpedia Hawaii

Broken Trust

Build More Hawaiian Homes Working Group

Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii

Cliff Slater's Second Opinion

DVids Hawaii

FIRE

Fix Oahu!

Frontline: The Fixers

Genetic Literacy Project

Grassroot Institute

Habele.org

Hawaii Aquarium Fish Report

Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society

Hawaii Catholic TV

Hawaii Christian Coalition

Hawaii Cigar Association

Hawaii ConCon Info

Hawaii Debt Clock

Hawaii Defense Foundation

Hawaii Family Forum

Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers United

Hawaii Farmer's Daughter

Hawaii Federation of Republican Women

Hawaii History Blog

Hawaii Jihadi Trial

Hawaii Legal News

Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance

Hawaii Matters

Hawaii Military History

Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate & Compassionate Care

Hawaii Public Charter School Network

Hawaii Rifle Association

Hawaii Shippers Council

Hawaii Together

HiFiCo

Hiram Fong Papers

Homeschool Legal Defense Hawaii

Honolulu Navy League

Honolulu Traffic

House Minority Blog

Imua TMT

Inouye-Kwock, NYT 1992

Inside the Nature Conservancy

Inverse Condemnation

July 4 in Hawaii

Land and Power in Hawaii

Lessons in Firearm Education

Lingle Years

Managed Care Matters -- Hawaii

MentalIllnessPolicy.org

Missile Defense Advocacy

MIS Veterans Hawaii

NAMI Hawaii

Natatorium.org

National Parents Org Hawaii

NFIB Hawaii News

NRA-ILA Hawaii

Obookiah

OHA Lies

Opt Out Today

Patients Rights Council Hawaii

Practical Policy Institute of Hawaii

Pritchett Cartoons

Pro-GMO Hawaii

RailRipoff.com

Rental by Owner Awareness Assn

Research Institute for Hawaii USA

Rick Hamada Show

RJ Rummel

School Choice in Hawaii

SenatorFong.com

Talking Tax

Tax Foundation of Hawaii

The Real Hanabusa

Time Out Honolulu

Trustee Akina KWO Columns

Waagey.org

West Maui Taxpayers Association

What Natalie Thinks

Whole Life Hawaii