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Census Bureau Websites
- Census Home
- Census 2000 Gateway: Data from the 2000 decennial census
- Census 2000 Basics
- A practical guide to census questions, activities, and data product
- Census 2000 Questionnaires
- Explains the reasons behind the census questions
- Census 2000 Release Dates
- Timeline of when data from the 2000 Census will be released
- Census 2000 Special Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation
- Find employment data by race, ethnicity, and sex; data available by job category and geography
- Questionnaires
- From the US Census Bureau; PDF publication of census questionnaires from 1790-2000
Data & Statistics
- American Fact Finder
- Quick source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data from 1990 and 2000 decennials and various surveys
- Historical Decennial Census Populations and Housing Counts
- Census reports and historical comparisons of population and housing data: 1790 to 2000
- Historic Census Data Browser
- Census data from 1790-1960, plus an article on the history of the Census; from the Univ. of Virginia
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- A compendium of a variety of US statistics on topics such as population, work and welfare, and the economy. From Cambridge University Press. Requires UCSC or OCA access.
- Redistricting Data
- Census 2000 Congressional and State Legislative district data
- Statistical Abstract
- Contains a wide range of statistics from various governmental agencies
- Current Population Reports Index 1947- present
- Reports can be searched by series number (e.g., P-20, P-25) or by subject (computer use, poverty, race, etc.). Both searches provide the title, the issue number, and the date of the report; from Ohio State Univ.
Special Topics
- Publications by topic
- From the US Census Bureau; links to census publications by topic
- Census of Agriculture
- 1925-most recent Census of Agriculture, with links to other internet locations, where available; from Columbia University
- Business & Industry
- Economic Census, Economic Indicators, and other Economic Programs; from the US Census Bureau
- Poverty Data
- Current and historical data and reports on poverty
- Working paper: Historical census statistics by race from 1790 to 1990
Research Guides
- Guide to Census Research
- Guide to doing census research by year; from UCSD
- How to cite census data
- Lists elements that should be included in a complete citation and provides sample citations
- Decennial Population and Housing Censuses Guide
- Approximately 90 Table Finding Guides (.pdf) for population and housing reports; from North Carolina State Univ.
- Census 2000 for California: A Friendly Guide (PDF)
- Year 2000 census data for the state of California; from the California Research Bureau
- Hierarchical diagram of Census Geography (.pdf)
- Reference resources
- For understanding census geography from the Bureau of the Census (includes MAF/TIGER information)
Census Geography