Links to Other Census Support
The following table provides annotated links to commonly requested census resources. The table covers several pages, which are worth looking through once. You can go directly to a category by selecting on one of the following headings:
Annotated Links to Commonly Requested Census Resources
| Description | Source/Resource |
| Commonly Requested Items | |
| 2000 Census questionnaires | Census Bureau |
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Previous census questionnaires
[1850 - 1990] |
Historical Census Project, Minnesota Population Center |
| Release Schedule for 2000 Census Data | Release Schedule by Product, Census Bureau |
| Plans for Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample Files | Census Bureau |
| 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample Record Layout | One Percent Sample Layout |
| Census Geography | |
| This tool allows one to move back and forth between different levels of geography. For instance, one can use this tool to determine which county a zip code is in or vice versa, which zip codes can be found in a county. | Mable/Geocorr Correspondence Engine. |
| This tool provides a crosswalk between different units of geography based on 1998 FIPS standards. It is similar to the above crosswalk. If you can't do something in MABLE/GEOCORR, try this and vice versa | The 1998 ~ FIPS 55-DC3 Index: Places, Counties, Congressional Districts, and More. |
| A field guide to the new metropolitan and micropolitan definitions | Tracking Metrpolitan America into the 21st Century |
| Definitions of metropolitan areas | Metropolitan areas and Components, 1999, with FIPS codes, Census Bureau [definitions by OMB, June 30,1999] |
| Historical definitions of metropolitan areas | Historical definitions of metropolitan areas, Census Bureau [definitions by OMB] |
| Detailed geographic information for historic census microdata files | Geographic Tools for the IPUMS, Historical Census Project, Minnesota Population Center |
| Detailed definitions of geographic concepts used by the Census Bureau | Geographic Areas Reference Manual. Census Bureau |
| Guides and Applications Using Census Data | |
| Reporter's Guide to Using Census Data Good resource for definitions of census concepts such as race and background materials for issues related to the census (such as redistricting, undercount). | Reporter's Guide to Using Census Data. Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University |
| Short, applied stories based on 2000 census data. A good mapping area showing diversity, growth, urbanization distributions by state. | U.S.A. Today |
| An easy-to-use tool for investigating demographic trends in the United States. This site is good for both novices and experts. | CensusScope, Social Science Data Analysis Network, (SSDAN) |
| Focus on residential segregation by race for metropolitan areas. Period covered is 1990-2000. Lots of maps. There are also articles, which have somewhat of an academic focus. | Mumford Center, State University of New York, Albany |
| Access to Data Files | |
| Member institutions have free access to data and codebooks. Many files from ICPSR, particularly federally produced files, are freely available to the public through the ICPSR portal. |
ICPSR Interuniveristy Consortium of Political and Social Research, University of Michigan
ICPSR - Census 2000 support |
| Original files from the Census Bureau | Data Center. Census Bureau |
| University of Michigan Resources | |
| Central reference and referral point for government information (international, federal, state, local). This link is to the Census 2000 part of the website. The documents library provides guidance in the use of the software associated with census products (American FactFinder, Allocate, Geolytics). | Documents Center, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan |
| Central resource for help with numeric data (interpreting documentation, transferring files, importing data into statistical packages). Provides support for class instruction. This unit is the official campus representative to ICPSR. | Numeric Data Services, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan |
| Provides statistical services to faculty, primary researchers, graduate students and staff or the University of Michigan. The following statistical packages are supported: SAS, SPSS, S-Plus. | CSCAR. Center for Statistical Consulation and Research, University of Michigan |
| Source for cartographic materials, including maps, atlases, gazetteers, and geographical dictionaries, and is also a campus resource center for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). | Map Library, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan |
| Provides training and consultation for GIS and spatial analysis. Currently supports installation and operation of the following software packages: ESRI products (ArcView/ArcInfo), PCI Geomatics (Image Processing, Spans GIS, ACE Cartography, GeoMatica). | Spatial Analysis/Geographical Information Systems Services at CSCAR, University of Michigan |
| State and Local Contacts | |
| Good resource for Detroit area information as well as for the entire state. MIMIC serves as a coordinating agency in the Census Bureau's State Data Center (SDC) network | MIMIC, Michigan Metropolitan Information Center, Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University |
| Local contacts for each state | State Data Center Program. Census Bureau |
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