Around January 6th there will be a few changes changes to the American FactFinder (AFF) main page (factfinder.census.gov) and one to the Data Sets page.
1) Under "Fast Access to Information" (center column, top) there are currently text with links to "Fact Sheet," "People," "Housing," and "Business and Government."
THIS WILL CHANGE TO: "Get a Fact Sheet for your community" with a fill-in-the-box to allow users to input their city/town, county or ZIP code to customize the fact sheet.
YOU WILL STILL HAVE the links to "Fact Sheet" "People" "Housing" and "Business and Government" from the blue tabs along the left side of the Main Page. Only the section in the middle of the page will change.
2) One of the labels on the blue buttons (left column) will change. The fifth button that currently says "Census Overview" will change to the more accurate "About the Data." In an associated change, the section currently entitled "About the Data" (middle column near the bottom) will change to be called "Data in American FactFinder." None of the content associated with these links will change.
3) Search Function (left column, bottom) -- many of you may have become accustomed to using the search function from the left column, near the bottom. There is currently a search box for keyword, geography etc., which duplicates what you can access from "Search" (in the menu bar).
The search features in the left column, bottom, will change to a click-to "Address Search" so that users can enter their complete address. For the other Search functions, you'll need to use the menu bar.
4) and lastly... >From the Data Sets page (click on the "data sets" tab along the left column of the main page) -- there are currently five tabs (under the red square that reads "Select a Program"): Decennial Census, Decennial Supplementary Survey, American Community Survey, Economic Census and Surveys, and Population Estimates.
After the 6th there should be four tabs: Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Economic Census and Surveys, and Population Estimates.
The Decennial Supplementary Survey tab will be removed and the contents added to the American Community Survey information where it rightfully belongs.
While this looks like a lot (or at least it does when I re-read it!), the last change may be the one you'll notice the most if you're an ACS data user. The rest are more cosmetic.
-Andrea
Andrea Sevetson
U.S. Census Bureau
Marketing Services Office
301-763-5207
andrea.sevetson@census.gov