American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey 2020 Subject ...

American Community Survey and

Puerto Rico Community Survey

2020 Subject Definitions

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AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY AND _______________________________ 1

PUERTO RICO COMMUNITY SURVEY _________________________________ 1

2020 SUBJECT DEFINITIONS __________________________________________ 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS ________________________________________________ 2

GENERAL INFORMATION ____________________________________________ 6

LIVING QUARTERS___________________________________________________ 7

HOUSING UNIT _______________________________________________________ 7 GROUP QUARTERS ____________________________________________________ 8

HOUSING VARIABLES _______________________________________________ 11

ACREAGE (CUERDA) _________________________________________________ 11 AGRICULTURAL SALES________________________________________________ 11 BEDROOMS _________________________________________________________ 12 COMPUTER AND INTERNET USE_________________________________________ 13 CONDOMINIUM STATUS AND FEE _______________________________________ 15 CONTRACT RENT ____________________________________________________ 16 FOOD STAMP/SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ____________ 18 BENEFITS (SNAP) ___________________________________________________ 18 GROSS RENT ________________________________________________________ 19 GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME ___________________ 20 HOMEOWNER VACANCY RATE _________________________________________ 21 HOUSE HEATING FUEL________________________________________________ 21 HOUSEHOLD SIZE ____________________________________________________ 22 HOUSING UNITS _____________________________________________________ 23 INSURANCE FOR FIRE, HAZARD, AND FLOOD ______________________________ 23 INTERNET USE ______________________________________________________ 24 KITCHEN FACILITIES _________________________________________________ 24 MEALS INCLUDED IN RENT ____________________________________________ 24 MOBILE HOME COSTS ________________________________________________ 25 MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS ____________________________________________ 26 MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME _______ 26 MORTGAGE PAYMENT ________________________________________________ 27 MORTGAGE STATUS __________________________________________________ 27 OCCUPANTS PER ROOM _______________________________________________ 28 OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS ____________________________________________ 29 OWNER-OCCUPIED UNITS _____________________________________________ 29 PLUMBING FACILITIES ________________________________________________ 29 POPULATION IN OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS _______________________________ 30 POVERTY STATUS OF HOUSEHOLDS _____________________________________ 30 REAL ESTATE TAXES _________________________________________________ 31

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RENT ASKED ________________________________________________________ 32 RENTAL VACANCY RATE ______________________________________________ 32 RENTER-OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS ____________________________________ 32 ROOMS ____________________________________________________________ 32 SECOND OR JUNIOR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS OR HOME EQUITY LOAN __________ 33 SELECTED CONDITIONS _______________________________________________ 34 SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS ____________________________________ 35 SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME 36 SPECIFIED OWNER-OCCUPIED AND VACANT-FOR-SALE UNITS ________________ 36 SPECIFIED RENTER-OCCUPIED AND VACANT-FOR-RENT UNITS _______________ 38 TELEPHONE SERVICE AVAILABLE_______________________________________ 39 TENURE____________________________________________________________ 40 UNITS IN STRUCTURE _________________________________________________ 41 UTILITY COSTS______________________________________________________ 42 VACANCY STATUS ___________________________________________________ 43 VACANT ? CURRENT RESIDENCE ELSEWHERE _____________________________ 45 VACANT HOUSING UNITS ______________________________________________ 45 VALUE _____________________________________________________________ 46 VEHICLES AVAILABLE ________________________________________________ 47 YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT _________________________________ 48 YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT ______________________________________________ 48

POPULATION VARIABLES ___________________________________________ 50

ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH ___________________________________________ 50 AGE _______________________________________________________________ 51 ANCESTRY _________________________________________________________ 53 CHILDREN EVER BORN _______________________________________________ 57 CITIZEN VOTING-AGE POPULATION _____________________________________ 57 CITIZENSHIP STATUS (U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS) __________________________ 57 CLASS OF WORKER __________________________________________________ 59 DISABILITY STATUS __________________________________________________ 62 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ___________________________________________ 65 EMPLOYMENT STATUS ________________________________________________ 67 FAMILIES __________________________________________________________ 71 FERTILITY__________________________________________________________ 71 FIELD OF DEGREE ___________________________________________________ 72 FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION __________________________________________ 73 FOSTER CHILDREN ___________________________________________________ 73 GRADE IN WHICH ENROLLED __________________________________________ 73 GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS _______________________________________ 73 GROUP QUARTERS (GQ) ______________________________________________ 74 HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE________________________________________ 74 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN __________________________________________ 77 HOUSEHOLD ________________________________________________________ 80 HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND RELATIONSHIP __________________________________ 80

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HOUSEHOLD SIZE ____________________________________________________ 85 HOUSEHOLDER ______________________________________________________ 85 IMMIGRANTS________________________________________________________ 85 INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS _______________________________________ 85 INDUSTRY __________________________________________________________ 93 JOURNEY TO WORK __________________________________________________ 96 LABOR FORCE STATUS_______________________________________________ 101 LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME_________________________________________ 101 MARITAL STATUS/MARITAL HISTORY __________________________________ 104 MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK ________________________________ 106 MIGRATION _______________________________________________________ 106 NATIVE POPULATION ________________________________________________ 106 NATIVITY _________________________________________________________ 106 NATIVITY OF PARENT________________________________________________ 106 OCCUPATION ______________________________________________________ 107 OWN CHILDREN ____________________________________________________ 110 PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE ________________________________________ 110 PERSONS IN FAMILY _________________________________________________ 110 PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD _____________________________________________ 110 PLACE OF BIRTH____________________________________________________ 110 PLACE OF WORK ___________________________________________________ 111 POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ______________________________ 112 PRIVATE VEHICLE OCCUPANCY _______________________________________ 115 RACE _____________________________________________________________ 115 REFERENCE WEEK __________________________________________________ 124 RELATIVES AND NONRELATIVES _______________________________________ 124 RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO _____________________________________________ 124 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL ____________________________ 126 SEX ______________________________________________________________ 128 SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME ___________________________________________ 130 SUBFAMILY ________________________________________________________ 130 TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK _________________________________ 130 TRAVEL TIME TO WORK _____________________________________________ 130 TYPE OF SCHOOL ___________________________________________________ 130 USUAL HOURS WORKED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ________________________ 130 VETERAN STATUS ___________________________________________________ 131 WEEKS WORKED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ______________________________ 135 WORK EXPERIENCE _________________________________________________ 135 WORK STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ________________________________ 137 YEAR OF ENTRY ____________________________________________________ 138

DERIVED MEASURES _______________________________________________ 139

AGGREGATE _______________________________________________________ 139 AVERAGE _________________________________________________________ 139 GINI INDEX ________________________________________________________ 139

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INTERPOLATION ____________________________________________________ 139 MEAN ____________________________________________________________ 139 MEDIAN___________________________________________________________ 141 PERCENTAGE ______________________________________________________ 141 QUARTILE _________________________________________________________ 141 QUINTILE _________________________________________________________ 142 RATE _____________________________________________________________ 142 RATIO ____________________________________________________________ 142 QUALITY MEASURES_______________________________________________ 143 GENERAL INFORMATION _____________________________________________ 143 SAMPLE SIZE ______________________________________________________ 143 COVERAGE RATES __________________________________________________ 144 RESPONSE RATES ___________________________________________________ 144 ALLOCATION RATES ________________________________________________ 145 APPENDIX A _______________________________________________________ 147 FIELD OF DEGREE CLASSIFICATION ____________________________________ 147 FOUR AND FORTY-TWO GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME WITH EXAMPLES____________________________________________________ 148 POVERTY FACTORS _________________________________________________ 150 POVERTY THRESHOLDS ______________________________________________ 152 RACE COMBINATIONS _______________________________________________ 153 MEDIAN STANDARD DISTRIBUTIONS ____________________________________ 155

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General Information

Contact List: To obtain additional information on these and other American Community Survey (ACS) subjects, see the list of Census Contacts on the Internet at . Scope: These definitions apply to the data collected in both the United States and Puerto Rico. The text specifically notes any differences. References about comparability to the previous ACS years refer only to the ACS in the United States. Beginning in 2006, the population in group quarters was included in the data tabulations. Historical Census Comparability: For additional information about the data in previous decennial censuses, see . Why We Ask: For additional information about the Federal Uses and why we ask specific questions, see . Weighting Methodology: The weighting methodology in the 2006 ACS was modified in order to ensure consistent estimates of occupied housing units, households, and householders. For more information on the 2006 weighting methodology changes, see the user note titled "Modification Made in 2006 ACS Weighting Methodology-Family Equalization" on the ACS website (). There were no significant changes to the 2007 or 2008 weighting methodology. Beginning in 2009, the weighting methodology has changed to include the use of controls for total population for incorporated places and minor civil divisions. For subject definitions from previous years, visit and search for "ACS Code Lists, Definitions, and Accuracy."

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Living Quarters

Living quarters are classified as either housing units or group quarters. Living quarters are usually found in structures intended for residential use, but also may be found in structures intended for nonresidential use as well as in places such as tents, vans, and emergency and transitional shelters.

Housing Unit

A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. For vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access are applied to the intended occupants whenever possible. If that information cannot be obtained, the criteria are applied to the previous occupants.

Both occupied and vacant housing units are included in the housing unit inventory. Boats, recreational vehicles (RVs), vans, tents, railroad cars, and the like are included only if they are occupied as someone's current place of residence. Vacant mobile homes are included provided they are intended for occupancy on the site where they stand. Vacant mobile homes on dealers' sales lots, at the factory, or in storage yards are excluded from the housing inventory. Also excluded from the housing inventory are quarters being used entirely for nonresidential purposes, such as a store or an office, or quarters used for the storage of business supplies or inventory, machinery, or agricultural products.

Occupied Housing Unit ? A housing unit is classified as occupied if it is the current place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of interview, or if the occupants are only temporarily absent from the residence for two months or less, that is, away on vacation or a business trip. If all the people staying in the unit at the time of the interview are staying there for two months or less, the unit is considered to be temporarily occupied and classified as "vacant." The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters. The living quarters occupied by staff personnel within any group quarters are separate housing units if they satisfy the housing unit criteria of separateness and direct access; otherwise, they are considered group quarters.

Occupied rooms or suites of rooms in hotels, motels, and similar places are classified as housing units only when occupied by permanent residents, that is, people who consider the hotel as their current place of residence or have no current place of residence elsewhere. If any of the occupants in rooming or boarding houses, congregate housing, or continuing care facilities live separately from others in the building and have direct access, their quarters are classified as separate housing units.

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Vacant Housing Unit ? A housing unit is vacant if no one is living in it at the time of interview. Units occupied at the time of interview entirely by persons who are staying two months or less and who have a more permanent residence elsewhere are considered to be temporarily occupied, and are classified as "vacant."

New units not yet occupied are classified as vacant housing units if construction has reached a point where all exterior windows and doors are installed and final usable floors are in place. Vacant units are excluded from the housing inventory if they are open to the elements, that is, the roof, walls, windows, and/or doors no longer protect the interior from the elements. Also excluded are vacant units with a sign that they are condemned or they are to be demolished.

Comparability ?The ACS estimates of occupied housing units and vacant housing units differ from those obtained from the 2020 Census. For more information, see "Comparing 2010 ACS & 2010 Census Occupancy, Vacancy, & Household Size" on the Census website.

Group Quarters

A Group Quarters (GQs) is a place where people live or stay in a group living arrangement that is owned or managed by an entity or organization providing housing and/or services for the residents. These services may include custodial or medical care, as well as other types of assistance, and residency is commonly restricted to those receiving these services. This is not a typical household-type living arrangement. People living in GQs usually are not related to each other. GQs include such places as college residence halls, residential treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, group homes, military barracks, correctional facilities, workers' dormitories, and facilities for people experiencing homelessness. GQs are defined according to the housing and/or services provided to residents and are identified by Census GQ type codes.

In January 2006, the American Community Survey (ACS) was expanded to include the population living in GQ facilities. The ACS GQ sample encompasses 12 independent samples; like the housing unit (HU) sample, a new GQ sample is introduced each month. The GQ data collection lasts only 6 weeks and does not include a formal nonresponse followup operation. The GQ data collection operation is conducted in two phases. First, U.S. Census Bureau Field Representatives (FRs) conduct interviews with the GQ facility contact person or administrator of the selected GQ (GQ level), and second, the FR conducts interviews with a sample of individuals from the facility (person level).

The GQ-level data collection instrument is an automated Group Quarters Facility Questionnaire (GQFQ). Information collected by the FR using the GQFQ during the GQlevel interview is used to determine or verify the type of facility, population size, and the sample of individuals to be interviewed. FRs conduct GQ-level data collection at approximately 20,000 individual GQ facilities each year.

A list of the GQ facilities (and their respective type codes) that are in scope for the 2020 ACS can be found in the 2020 Code List on the ACS website. Go to and enter "ACS Code Lists, Definitions, and Accuracy" in the search box.

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