US Census Bureau
Skip top of page navigation

American Community Survey (ACS)


Skip top of page navigation
  Census >ACS Home > Using the Data > Quality Measures > Response Rates - Data: All States 2002
Using the Data:  Quality Measures
Quality Measures - Main
Sample Size: Data | Definitions Coverage Rates: Data | Definitions
Response Rates: Data | Definitions   Item Allocation Rates: Data | Definitions

       
 
All States 2002
  
Response Rates and Reasons for Noninterviews (in percent)
      Reason for Noninterviews
State Year Response Rate Refusal Unable to Locate No One Home Temporarily Absent Language Problem Insufficient Data Other
United States 2002 97.7 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2
Alabama 2002 98.7 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0
Alaska 2002 94.2 2.4 0.5 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.2
Arizona 2002 97.8 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.0
Arkansas 2002 98.9 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
California 2002 97.3 1.4 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2
Colorado 2002 98.0 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2
Connecticut 2002 97.2 1.6 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
Delaware 2002 97.3 1.5 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
District of Columbia 2002 92.3 2.7 0.0 3.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.2
Florida 2002 97.9 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.2
Georgia 2002 98.3 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1
Hawaii 2002 98.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3
Idaho 2002 98.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
Illinois 2002 97.8 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
Indiana 2002 98.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2
Iowa 2002 98.3 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
Kansas 2002 98.9 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Kentucky 2002 98.3 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
Louisiana 2002 96.8 1.3 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.5
Maine 2002 97.9 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
Maryland 2002 96.5 1.9 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0
Massachusetts 2002 97.6 1.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0
Michigan 2002 98.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Minnesota 2002 98.9 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1
Mississippi 2002 97.5 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.2
Missouri 2002 98.8 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0
Montana 2002 98.7 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Nebraska 2002 98.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1
Nevada 2002 97.3 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4
New Hampshire 2002 98.0 1.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1
New Jersey 2002 96.3 1.8 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2
New Mexico 2002 98.2 1.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
New York 2002 96.3 1.5 0.0 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.5
North Carolina 2002 98.2 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
North Dakota 2002 99.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
Ohio 2002 98.5 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
Oklahoma 2002 98.7 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Oregon 2002 98.6 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0
Pennsylvania 2002 97.6 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1
Rhode Island 2002 98.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0
South Carolina 2002 97.6 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
South Dakota 2002 99.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Tennessee 2002 98.2 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3
Texas 2002 96.3 1.7 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.3
Utah 2002 99.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Vermont 2002 97.7 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0
Virginia 2002 98.1 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4
Washington 2002 97.6 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0
West Virginia 2002 99.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Wisconsin 2002 98.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1
Wyoming 2002 98.4 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  American Community Survey Office  |  Page Last Modified: August 22, 2007