Useful census links (the site is huge)

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http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs.html

a page that guides you to census briefs, such as the one on race listed next.

 

http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf

the census’ explanation of the change in how race questions were asked between the 1990 and 2000 censuses.

 

http://tier2.census.gov/usac/info.html

the counties project at the census which integrates an enormous range of data (esp. demographic and economic data) from a wide variety of government agencies. they try to make this series long as well, which is useful for historical questions.

 

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/relate/rel_tract.html

explanation on files available from the census that relate 1990 and 2000 census tract boundaries

 

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/relate/rel_blk.html

explanation on files available from the census that relate 1990 and 2000 census block boundaries

 

http://homer.ssd.census.gov/cdrom/lookup

this is a bit slow but good for students because it forces them to think about geographical units and introduces them to the way the census organizes data. Most of our data come from the 1990 Census Summary Tape File 3 (STF3) -- Sample count - all socioeconomic and demographic variables

 

http://homer.ssd.census.gov/doc/lookup/interfacing.html

instructions for how to interface your server to the census bureaus’ lookup server.

 

 

Running Notes

 

 

NATION                     Nation

NATION90                 Nation

MSA91                        Metropolitan Statistical Area

STATE                        State

STATE90                    State

STUA91                      State--Urbanized Area

STMSA91                   State--Metropolitan Statistical Area

COUNTY90                State--County

TRACT90                    State--County--Census Tract

CYMSA91                  State--County--Metropolitan Statistical Area

MCD90                       State--County--County Subdivision

PLACE90                    State--Place

CYPL90                      State--Place--County

MCDPL90                   State--County--County Subdivision—

                                    Place/Remainder

TRACT90PT               State--County--County Subdivision—

                                    Place/Remainder--Census Tract

BLKGRP90                 State--County--County Subdivision—

                                    Place/Remainder--Census Tract--Block Group

CONGR                      State--Congressional District (104th)

CONGR_P                  State--Congressional District (104th)--Place

CONGR_C                 State--Congressional District (104th)--County

ZIP                              ZIP Code