Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- PART I: Using the American Community Survey -- 2 Essentials for Users -- 3 Working with the ACS: Guidance for Users -- PART II: Technical Issues -- 4 Sample Design and Survey Operations -- 5 The Weighting of ACS 1-Year Period Estimates -- 6 Weighting and Interpreting ACS Multiyear Estimates -- PART III: Education, Outreach, and Future Development -- 7 Important Next Steps -- References -- Appendixes -- A: Acronyms and Abbreviations -- B: Controlling the American Community Survey to Postcensal Population Estimates -- C: Alternatives to the Multiyear Period Estimation Strategy for the American Community Survey -- D: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff -- Index to Executive Summary and Chapters 1-7 -- Committee on National Statistics.