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General and Reference data covers age, agriculture, and Asian Americans; it includes condominimums, crime, and capital costs. The reason for its variety: It describes reference guides and statistical anthologies, each spanning a myriad of social and economic facts.

All documents are in PDF format with a filesize ≤1MB unless otherwise stated.

The Census Bureau

Census and You (Newsletter)

The Census Bureau's monthly newsletter from 1996 to 1999 with articles summarizing newly issued findings reports and data files. It also discusses new software, data collection efforts being planned, and sources of assistance for data users.

The principal emphasis is on demographic, social, housing, and economic data for states and smaller areas. It also publishes key economic indicators (such as housing starts, retail sales, and the Consumer Price Index).

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1999
Volume 34

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1998
Volume 33

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1997
Volume 32

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1996
Volume 31

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Census Briefs

Census Briefs are short documents providing findings from Census 2000, current demographic surveys, and the 1997 Economic Census. They contain colorful charts to illustrate major points. Prior to November 1996, the Census Briefs were called the Statistical Briefs. Beginning in December, 1996, the Statistical Briefs series were redesigned and reissued as the Census Briefs.

Trouble-Shooting Pre-1995 Briefs in Adobe Acrobat

The Statistical Briefs created before 1995 have presented a couple of errors with the Acrobat reader software. We will leave these publications online with the following recommended work-arounds. One problem is with viewing on screen and another is with printing.

The problem is not in the file itself, but in the way that Acrobat is dealing with fonts used to create the document. The pre-1995 Stat Briefs use fonts which don't have standard Postscript vector encoding. Acrobat has to deal with these as bit-mapped graphics, and the Reader seems to become overwhelmed at some point as it caches these fonts. The problem occurs after several documents using different fonts are loaded into Acrobat Reader or Exchange.

Please exit the Acrobat reader altogether before attempting to read the document you are having trouble with. Then access the document you need, which will start a fresh copy of Acrobat.

A related problem in printing the Statistical Briefs requires you to select a Print Option which will print bit-mapped or True Type fonts as graphics. Do this if your printed output is garbled.

2004

C2KBR/35 - Ancestry: 2000

2003

C2KBR/34 - The Foreign-Born Population: 2000
C2KBR/33 - Journey to Work: 2000
C2KBR/32 - Structural and Occupancy Characteristics of Housing: 2000
C2KBR/31 - Grandparents Living With Grandchildren: 2000
C2KBR/30 - Marital Status: 2000
C2KBR/22 - Veterans: 2000
C2KBR/21 - Housing Costs of Renters: 2000
C2KBR/20 - Home Values: 2000
C2KBR/19 - Poverty: 1999
C2KBR/18 - Employment Status: 2000
C2KBR/17 - Disability Status: 2000

2002

C2KBR/01-16 - The Asian Population: 2000
C2KBR/01-15 - The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000
C2KBR/01-11 - The United States in International Context: 2000
CENBR/01-4 - Negocios de propiedad hispana: 1997
CENBR/01-3 - A Profile of the Nation's Foreign-Born Population From Asia (2000 Update)
CENBR/02-2 - The Older Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000
CENBR/02-1 - Minority-Owned Businesses: 1997
CENBR/01-2SP - Viniendo desde las Américas: Un perfil de la población del país nacida en el extranjero desde América Latina
(Actualizado el año 2000)
CENBR/01-2 - Coming from the Americas: A Profile of the Nation's Foreign-Born Population From Latin America (2000 Update)
CENBR/01-1 - Coming to America: A Profile of the Nation's Foreign Born (2000 update)

2001

C2KBR/01-14 The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population: 2000
C2KBR/01-13 Housing Characteristics: 2000
C2KBR/01-12 Age: 2000
C2KBR/01-10 The 65 Years And Over Population: 2000
C2KBR/01-9 Gender: 2000
CENBR/01-8 American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Businesses: 1997
C2KBR/01-8 Households and Families: 2000
C2KBR/01-7 Congressional Apportionment
CENBR/01-7 Asian-and Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses: 1997
C2KBR/01-6 The Two or More Races Population: 2000
CENBR/01-6 Women-Owned Businesses: 1997
CENBR/01-5 Black-Owned Businesses: 1997
C2KBR/01-5 The Black Population: 2000
C2KBR/01-4 The White Population: 2000
CENBR/01-4 Hispanic-Owned Businesses: 1997
C2KBR/01-3 The Hispanic Population
C2KBR/01-2 Population Change and Distribution 1990 to 2000
C2KBR/01-1 Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin

2000

CENBR/00-4 From the Mideast to the Pacific: A Profile of the Nation's Asian Foreign-Born Population
CENBR/00-3SP Llegados desde las Americas: Perfil de las personas nacidas en America Latina que viven en los Estados Unidos
CENBR/00-3 Coming From the Americas: A Profile of the Nation's Latin American Foreign-Born
CENBR/00-2 Coming to America: A Profile of the Nation's Foreign-Born
CENBR/00-1 Women in the United States: A Profile, 2000

1998

CENBR/98-7 "Rust Belt" Rebounds
CENBR/98-6 New Ideas for Measuring Labor Productivity
CENBR/98-5 Russia's New Problem-Poverty
CENBR/98-4 Too Busy to Vote
CENBR/98-3 Neighborhood Pride
CENBR/98-2 Increase in At-Home Workers Reverses Earlier Trend
CENBR/98-1 Children Without Health Insurance

1997

CENBR/97-5 - Disabilities Affect One-Fifth of All Americans
CENBR/97-4 - Immigration Bolsters U.S.Housing Market
CENBR/97-3 - Manufactured Exports Approach $500 Billion a Year
CENBR/97-2 - America's Children at Risk
CENBR/97-1 - Children with single parents--how they fare

1996

1995

Acquired Plants in the Food Manufacturing Industry Show Improved Performance
Do LBO's Profit after R&D Cuts?
Getting a Helping Hand Long--Term Participants in Assistance Programs
What We're Worth--Asset Ownership of Households: 1993
Mothers Who Receive WIC--Fertility and Socioeconomic Characteristics
The Nation's Asian and Pacific Islander Population -- 1994
The Nation's Hispanic Population--1994
La Población Hispana de los Estados Unidos--1994
Health Insurance Coverage--Who Had a Lapse Between 1991 and 1993?
Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Motor Vehicles Available
Mothers Who Receive Food Stamps
Home Equity Lines of Credit: A Look at the People Who Obtain Them
Just What the Doctor Ordered: The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on Doctor and Hospital Visits
Home Sweet Home: American's Housing, 1973 to 1993
Women in the United States: A Profile
Income and Job Mobility in the Early 1990's
Mothers Who Receive AFDC Payments
Reducing Toxins: Where to Look and How to Do It
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Hispanic Origin Households
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Black Households
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Asian or Pacific Islander Households
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Home Heating Fuel
Sixty-Five Plus in the United States
Housing of American Indians on Reservations-Plumbing
Housing of American Indians on Reservations-Structural Characteristics
Housing of American Indians on Reservations-Equipment and Fuels
Poverty Areas
Who Receives Child Support?
How Much We Earn-Factors That Make a Difference

1994

Americans with Disabilities
Household Wealth and Asset Ownership: 1991
The Earnings Ladder: Who's at the Bottom? Who's at the Top?
The World at a Glance: 1994
Who's Minding the Kids?
Health Insurance Coverage- Who Had a Lapse Between 1990 and 1992?
House Beautiful-Patterns of Home Maintenance
Tracking the American Dream -- Fifty Years of Housing Changes
Metropolitan Areas
Mobile Homes
Condominiums
Blacks in America-1992
New Homes
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Structural Characteristics
Phoneless in America
More Education Means Higher Career Earnings
Housing of Lower-Income Households
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Renter Financial Characteristics
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Movers and Stayers
Dollars for Scholars-Postsecondary Costs and Financing
Export Manufacturers Complete Successfully in Pay, Productivity, and Presence
Who Exports? Who Buys?
Two Different Worlds: Men and Women From 9 to 5
Our Scholastic Society
Housing in Metropolitan Areas-Single Parent Families
Financing Our Residential Property
Health Insurance Coverage-1993
A Taste of the Big Apple -- Housing in New York City

1993

Conferences & Meetings

1996 Annual Research Conference Proceedings

This report reflects the proceedings from the 1996 Annual Research Conference. The conference had representatives from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Missing Files. Note that some papers could not be produced in PDF format. Their titles appear in grey italics (indicating there is no link to a paper).

Printed Copies. The complete printed version of the Proceedings is available from the Government Printing Office.


Monday, March 18

Welcoming Remarks PDF

PLENARY SESSION I: Government Performance and Results

CONCURRENT SESSION II-A: Disclosure Avoidance Methodologies

CONCURRENT SESSION II-B: Longitudinal Data

CONCURRENT SESSION III-A: Race and Ethnicity: Part I

  • Racial and Ethnic Classifications Used By Public Schools, Carey and Farris (Westat, Inc.), McArthur and Carpenter (NCES), and Tuchmann (DOE)
  • The Development and Cognitive Testing of Race and Ethnic Origin Questions for the Year 2000 Decennial Census, Gerber and Manuel de la Puente (BOC)
  • Floor Discussion: Carney (BOC)

CONCURRENT SESSION III-B: Improvements in Retail Trade Programs

CONCURRENT SESSION IV-A: Race and Ethnicity: Part II

CONCURRENT SESSION IV-B: Reducing Response Burden in Economic Surveys

DINNER PRESENTATION


Tuesday, March 19

PLENARY SESSION V: 1996 Shirley Kallek Memorial Lecture

CONCURRENT SESSION VI-A: Small Area Estimation for Labor Force Programs

  • Labour Force Trend Estimation In Small Areas, Pfeffermann (Hebrew Univ., Israel), and Bell and Signorelli (Australian Bureau of Stat.)
  • Small Area Estimation of Unemployment Rates for the United States: A Hierarchical Bayes Approach In Time Series Analysis, Datta (Univ. of Georgia), and Lahiri and Kun-Liang Lu (Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  • Discussion: Tiller (BLS)

CONCURRENT SESSION VI-B: Administrative Lists

CONCURRENT SESSION VII-A: Small Area Population Estimates

  • Evaluating The Accuracy of Small Area Population Estimates in Britain, Simpson, Lunn, and Middleton (Univ. of Manchester), and Diamond (Univ. of Southampton)
  • SubCounty Population Estimates in the United States: Issues and Prospects, Davis (BOC)
  • Floor Discussion: Schindler (BOC)

CONCURRENT SESSION VII-B: Metadata Standards

CONCURRENT SESSION VIII-A: Small Area

  • A Conditional Analysis of Some Small Area Estimators in Two-Stage Sampling, Falorsi (National Stat. Institute, Italy) and Russo (Univ. of Rome, Italy)
  • Composite Estimation of Drug Prevalences for Substate Areas, Lahiri (Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln), Chattopadhyay and Reimnitz (The Gallup Organ.), and Larsen (Stanford Univ.)
  • Small Area Estimation in Turkey, Gebizlioglu, Dedes, and Toprak (State Institute of Stat., Turkey)
  • Floor Discussion: Engler (BOC)

CONCURRENT SESSION VIII-B: Metadata Systems


Wednesday, March 20

CONCURRENT SESSION IX-A: Census Estimation

CONCURRENT SESSION IX-B: Automated Coding Session: Part I

CONCURRENT SESSION X-A: Plans for the Next Population Census

CONCURRENT SESSION X-B: Generalized Tools/Systems

CONCURRENT SESSION XI-A: Record Linkage Issues

CONCURRENT SESSION XI-B: Electronic Data Dissemination: Part I

CONCURRENT SESSION XII-A: Automated Edit and Imputation

CONCURRENT SESSION XII-B: Electronic Data Dissemination: Part II

  • Improvements to Data Dissemination for Economic Programs, Wallace (BOC)
  • Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool (FERRET) Data Access and Dissemination for Micro and Macro Data: Overview of the Technical Architecture, Capps (BOC)
  • On-Line Access and Analysis of Data: Developing A Social Science Information Management Strategy, Miller (CIESIN)
  • Floor Discussion: Lins (BOC)

Thursday, March 21

PLENARY SESSION XIII: New Approaches to Survey Census Development Environment

CONCURRENT SESSION XIV-A: Alternatives to Traditional Survey Methods

CONCURRENT SESSION XIV-B: Automated Coding Session: Part II

  • Advances in Automated and Computer Assisted Coding Software at Statistics Canada, Wenzowski (Stat. Canada)
  • USDA's Experience with Computer-Assisted Food Coding in its 1994 Nationwide Food Survey, Perloff, Anand, Ingwersen, and LaComb (DOA)
  • Floor Discussion: Hanczaryk (BOC)

Minutes of the Census Advisory Committee of the Professional Associations

Data Books

County and City Data Book, 2007

Entire Publication [18.8 MB]

Figure 1. Percent Population Change by State: 2000 to 2006
Figure 2. Counties With 1 Million or More Population in the United States: 2006
Figure 3. Top 40 Cities in the United States by Population: 2005

State Tables (all state tables)
Table A-1. Area and Population
Table A-2. Components of Population Change
Table A-3. Population by Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
Table A-4. Population Characteristics
Table A-5. Births, Deaths, and Infant Deaths
Table A-6. Physicians, Community Hospitals, Medicare, Social Security, and Supplemental Security Income
Table A-7. Housing Units and Building Permits
Table A-8. Crime—Number of Offenses
Table A-9. Personal Income and Earnings by Industries
Table A-10. Labor Force and Private Business Establishments and Employment
Table A-11. Banking, Retail Trade, and Accommodation and Food Services
Table A-12. Government Expenditure, Earnings, and Employment
Table A-13. Local Government Finances and Elections
Table A-14. Farm Earnings, Agriculture, and Water Use
Table A-15. Manufacturing

County Tables (all county tables)
Table B-1. Area and Population
Table B-2. Components of Population Change
Table B-3. Population by Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
Table B-4. Population Characteristics
Table B-5. Births, Deaths, and Infant Deaths
Table B-6. Physicians, Community Hospitals, Medicare, Social Security, and Supplemental Security Income
Table B-7. Housing Units and Building Permits
Table B-8. Crime—Number of Offenses
Table B-9. Personal Income and Earnings by Industries
Table B-10. Labor Force and Private Business Establishments and Employment
Table B-11. Banking, Retail Trade, and Accommodation and Food Services
Table B-12. Government Expenditure, Earnings, and Employment
Table B-13. Local Government Finances and Elections
Table B-14. Farm Earnings, Agriculture, and Water Use
Table B-15. Manufacturing

City Tables (all city tables)
Table C-1. Area and Population
Table C-2. Crime
Table C-3. Civilian Labor Force
Table C-4. Manufacturing and Wholesale Trade
Table C-5. Retail Trade and Accommodation and Food Services
Table C-6. Government and Climate

Place Tables (all place tables)
Table D-1. Population by Age and Sex
Table D-2. Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Table D-3. Households
Table D-4. Education
Table D-5. Income and Poverty
Table D-6. Owner- and Renter-Occupied Housing Units and Vehicles Available

Appendix A. Source Notes and Explanations
Appendix B. Limitations of the Data and Methodology
Appendix C. Geographic Information
Appendix D. County Maps by State
Appendix E. Subject Guide

Map of the United States Showing Census Regions and Divisions
Features
Acknowledgments
Title page
Roster
Preface
Contents
Guide to Tabular Presentation
Major Federal Data Contacts

Statistical Abstract and Supplements

County and City Data Book, 2000

Entire Publication [15.0 MB]

Guide to Tabular Presentation
Contact List

Figure 1. Percent Population Change by State: 1990 to 2000
Figure 2. Counties With 1 Million or More Population in the United States: 2000
Figure 3. Top 40 Cities in the United States by Population: 2000

State Tables
Table A-1. Area and Population
Table A-2. Population by Age, Sex, and Race
Table A-3. Group Quarters Population and Households
Table A-4. Vital Statistics and Health
Table A-5. Education, Income, and Poverty
Table A-6. Crime, Housing, and Building Permits
Table A-7. Labor Force and Business Establishments and Employment
Table A-8. Personal Income and Earnings
Table A-9. Manufacturing and Water Use
Table A-10. Farm Population, Farm Earnings, and Agriculture
Table A-11. Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade
Table A-12. Accommodation and Foodservices, Banking, and Federal Funds
Table A-13. Government Programs, Employment, and Finances

County Tables
Table B-1. Area and Population
Table B-2. Population by Age, Sex, and Race
Table B-3. Group Quarters Population and Households
Table B-4. Vital Statistics and Health
Table B-5. Education, Income, and Poverty
Table B-6. Crime, Housing, and Building Permits
Table B-7. Labor Force and Business Establishments and Employment
Table B-8. Personal Income and Earnings
Table B-9. Manufacturing and Water Use
Table B-10. Farm Population, Farm Earnings, and Agriculture
Table B-11. Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade
Table B-12. Accommodation and Foodservices, Banking, and Federal Funds
Table B-13. Government Programs, Employment, and Finances

Cities of 25,000 or More Population 
Table C-1. Area and Population
Table C-2. Population by Age, Sex, and Race
Table C-3. Group Quarters Population and Households
Table C-4. Housing, Crime, and Labor Force
Table C-5. Manufacturing and Wholesale Trade
Table C-6. Retail Trade and Accommodation and Foodservices
Table C-7. Government Finances and Climate

Places/MCDs of 2,500 or More Population
Table D-1. Places--Area and Population
Table D-2. MCDs--Area and Population

Appendix A. Source Notes and Explanations
Appendix B. Geographic Information
Appendix C. County Maps by State
Appendix D. Subject Guide

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 2010

Complete Publication [8.43 MB]

Map of the United States Showing Census Regions and Divisions
Features
Acknowledgements
Preface
Guide to Tabular Presentation
Major Federal Data Contacts

Table A. States
Table B. Metropolitan Areas
Table C. Metropolitan Areas With Component Counties
Table D. Micropolitan Areas

Appendix A. Source Notes and Explanations
Appendix B. Limitations of the Data and Methodology
Appendix C. Geographic Concepts and Codes [6 MB]
Map of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
Map of Combined Statistical Areas
Map of Metropolitan and Micropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs)
Appendix D. Guide to State Statistical Abstracts and State Information

Subject Index

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 2006

Complete Publication [11.7 MB]

Map of the United States Showing Census Regions and Divisions [1.2MB]
Preface
Guide to Tabular Presentation
Major Federal Data Contacts

Table A. States [1.8 MB]
Table B. Metropolitan Areas
Table C. Metropolitan Areas With Component Counties
Table D. Micropolitan Areas

Appendix A. Source Notes and Explanations
Appendix B. Limitations of the Data and Methodology
Appendix C. Geographic Concepts and Codes [5.7 MB]
Map of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas [3.6 MB]
Map of Combined Statistical Areas [1.8 MB]
Map of Metropolitan and Micropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs)
Appendix D. Guide to State Statistical Abstracts and State Information
Appendix E. Ranking Tables

Subject Index

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 1997-98 PDF

Local Employment Dynamics

Local Employment Dynamics: Industry Focus PDF

A Profile of Older Workers

United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas

Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota

Oklahoma
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming


The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers: 2004

United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas

Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota

Oklahoma
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming


National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR)

National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC)

NSHAPC was conducted to provide updated information on homeless assistance programs and the clients who use them to federal agencies responsible for administering homeless assistance programs and to other interested parties. The data are national in scope, and the survey is the first to gather through one effort a wide range of information relevant to the missions of the federal sponsors. NSHAPC was not conducted to produce a count of homeless persons. NSHAPC was conducted under the direction of the Interagency Council on the Homeless.

NSHAPC Reports Link to a non-federal Web site

Downloadable Data Files

The data files listed below are formatted for SAS for Windows Version 6.12 and compressed using WinZip 7.0. These microdata have undergone a disclosure review and have been modified to protect the confidentiality of individual respondents as required by law (Title 13, United States Code, Section 9 or the Privacy Act of 1974.)

Information on Service Locations from Computer-Aided Telephone Interviewing (CATI) [ZIP, 175 KB]

Information on Homeless Assistance Programs Offered by Service Locations from CATI [ZIP, 1.1 MB]

Information on Homeless Assistance Programs Responding to the Mail Survey and CATI Data for those Programs [ZIP, 2.9 MB]

Client Data [ZIP, 3.1 MB]

Technical Documentation

Introduction to NSHAPC Public Use Data Files [84KB, PDF]
Copies of overheads used to present the NSHAPC data to new users in the workshop of July 22, 1999, slightly revised. This is important reading that will save you a lot of time, trouble, and mistakes.

Appendices to Technical Report [104KB, PDF]
A: NSHAPC's 76 primary sampling areas; B: Definitions for NSHAPC programs; C: Paper describing the Census Bureau's sampling procedures for all aspects of NSHAPC; D: Explanation of how the weights for the various NSHAPC data sets were developed.

Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Definitions [15KB, PDF]
Details of how past month, past year, and lifetime alcohol, drug, and mental health variables and their combinations were created, including exact question numbers.

Significance Tests [10KB, PDF]
Description of the formulas, including design effects, used by Urban Institute researchers to determine statistical significance for the NSHAPC Summary and Technical Reports.

Formats for Client Data [6KB, PDF]
Description of the format file that contains all the formats used in conjunction with the client data set. Also includes a brief description of how to integrate this format file into SAS programs.

Codebooks

Notes:

  • Files are also available on CD-ROM for $50.
    • Order by phone at 301-763-INFO(4636)
    • Order by FAX at 888-249-7295
  • For general technical assistance related to file formats and downloading, visit our Question and Answer Center.
  • For copies of the NSHAPC reports, please call HUD USER 800-245-2691.
  • General questions may be directed to the Interagency Council on the Homeless 202-708-1480.

Privacy

Reference Manuals, Brochures, Pamphlets, & Other Publications

4 Easy Steps to Census 2000 Data on American FactFinder PDF

Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation of Census 2000: Design and Methodology PDF

Age Search Information Manual PDF

American FactFinder Brochure PDF

American Community Survey (Questions and Answers) PDF
Also available in العربية Arabic, 中文 Chinese, Français French, Kreyòl ayisyen Haitian Creole, 한 국 어 Korean, Polski Polish, Português Portuguese, русский Russian, En español, Spanish, and Việt Ngữ Vietnamese

Census Factfinder for the Nation

The U.S. Population census records contain a wealth of information about people. They are useful in learning about one's family and local social and economic conditions at various times in history.

CFF-1 Statistics on Race and Ethnicity
CFF-2 Availability of Census Records About Individuals (Issued June 2008)
CFF-3 Agriculture Statistics
CFF-4 History and Organization
CFF-5 Reference Sources
CFF-6 Housing Statistics (Revised)
CFF-7 Population Statistics (Revised)
CFF-8 Census Geography - Concepts and Products (Revised)
CFF-9 Construction Statistics
CFF-10 Retail Trade Statistics
CFF-11 Wholesale Trade Statistics
CFF-12 Statistics on Service Industries
CFF-13 Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Statistics
CFF-14 Foreign Trade Statistics
CFF-15 Statistics on Manufacturing
CFF-16 Statistics on Mining Industries
CFF-17 Statistics on Governments
CFF-18 Census Bureau Programs and Products (Revised)
CFF-19 Enterprise Statistics
CFF-20 Energy and Related Statistics
CFF-21 International Programs
CFF-22 Data for Communities

DataFerrett for TheDataWeb PDF

Finding American Community Survey Data in American FactFinder PDF

How to Find American Community Survey Data in American FactFinder (AFF) PDF

Manual of Tabular Presentation: PDF An outline of theory and practice at the Census Bureau in the presentation of statistical data in tables for presentation (1949) [scanned document, 21.5MB]

Minority Links: Spotlighting our Nation's Minorities PDF

Product Profiles

PRODPR/04-1 Product Profile: 2004, Census 2000: Summary File 4
PRODPR/04-2 Product Profile: 2004, LandView 6
PRODPR/03-1 Product Profile: 2003, Census 2000 Summary File 3
PRODPR/03-2 Product Profile: 2003, Census 2000 Summary File 2
PRODPR/03-3 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files
PRODPR/02-2 Product Profile: 2003, Census 2000 Summary File 1
MSO/01-ICDP Introduction to Census 2000 Data Products, June 2001

Religion

The Bureau of the Census collected information in the Census of Religious Bodies from 1906-1936. This information was obtained from religious organizations.

Public Law 94-521 prohibits us from asking a question on religious affiliation on a mandatory basis; therefore, the Bureau of the Census is not the source for information on religion.

Some statistics on religion can be found in the Statistical Abstract of the United States, the section on Population.

Other sources for religious data:

American Religion Data Archive Link to a non-federal Web site

"The Pew Forum on Religion & the Public Life" Link to a non-federal Web site


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