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=== Ongoing surveys === [[File:Video explaining how to use data.census.gov.ogg|thumb|A social media video from the Census Bureau explaining how to use data.census.gov, an online platform that enables the public to search and use data from their Bureau's surveys.]] Throughout the decade between censuses, the bureau conducts surveys to produce a general view and comprehensive study of the United States' social and economic conditions. Staff from the Current Surveys Program conduct over 130 ongoing and special surveys about people and their characteristics.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of All Surveys|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/are-you-in-a-survey/survey-list.html|website=Census.gov|access-date=April 4, 2015|archive-date=April 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403204750/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/are-you-in-a-survey/survey-list.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A network of professional field representatives gathers information from a sample of households, responding to questions about employment, consumer expenditures, health, housing, and other topics. '''Surveys conducted between decades:''' {{columns-list|colwidth=35em| * [[American Community Survey]] * [[American Housing Survey]] * [[Consumer Expenditure Survey]] * [[United States Census of Governments|Census of Governments]] * [[Current Population Survey]] * [[United States Economic Census|Economic Census]] * National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/index.htm|title=NAMCS/NHAMCS β Ambulatory Health Care Data Homepage|date=August 20, 2018|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919202108/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/index.htm National Health Interview Survey] * National Hospital Care Survey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhds/index.htm|title=NHDS β National Hospital Discharge Survey Homepage|date=January 10, 2018|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919204255/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhds/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey * [[National Crime Victimization Survey]] * National Nursing Home Survey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nnhs/index.htm|title=NNHS β National Nursing Home Survey Homepage|date=September 12, 2018|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913150255/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nnhs/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Survey of Income and Program Participation]] * Survey of Construction<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/econ/overview/co0400.html|title=US Census Bureau Business and Industry Main Page|first=US Census Bureau Economic|last=Directorate|website=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913112742/https://www.census.gov/econ/overview/co0400.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Survey of Market Absorption<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/soma/overview.html|title=Survey of Market Absorption of Apartments β Overview|website=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715083014/http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/soma/overview.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Survey of Program Dynamics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/about/spd.html|title=Survey of Program Dynamics|website=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913112721/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/about/spd.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[National Longitudinal Survey]] * National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, & Wildlife-Associated Recreation<ref>[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/fhwar.html www.census.gov/programs-surveys/fhwar.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914112833/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/fhwar.html |date=September 14, 2018 }} (2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991)</ref> * Residential Finance Survey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/rfs.html|title=Residential Finance Survey (RFS)|website=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230045546/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/rfs.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol Related Conditions * Annual Retail Trade Survey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/econ/overview/re0200.html|title=US Census Bureau Site Name main page|first=US Census Bureau Creating office name|last=here|website=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027001930/https://www.census.gov/econ/overview/re0200.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Annual Wholesale Trade Survey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/awts|title=Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)|website=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116175001/https://www.census.gov/awts|url-status=live}}</ref> * Annual and Quarterly Services Surveys }}
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