Beginning in 2005,the U.S.Census Bureau conducted the American Community Survey (ACS)to
A) collect data of community interest during decennial censuses
B) decrease non-response error to the census through Title 13 mandatory response to the survey
C) increase data collection to better facilitate segmentation of local housing and business data by community
D) replace the "long form" of the decennial census with annual collection of sample data

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Beginning in 2005,the Census Bureau conducted the American Community Survey (ACS),a "rolling census" to collect sample data every year on the population characteristics formerly gathered in the "long-form" questions.This culminated in the first short-form only census in 2010.The ACS survey includes a maximum of 48 "person questions" per household member,covering topics such as age,race,Hispanic origin,educational attainment,veteran status,disabilities,and income.