Category Archives: U.S. Census

State Data Centers

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Joann

As a Pop­u­la­tion Research Librar­ian, I some­times field ques­tions about cen­sus data for indi­vid­ual states. Rather than wad­ing through the Cen­sus Bureau page to find detailed data and pro­jec­tions on the state and local level, I often go directly to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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2010 Census Data vs. American Community Survey

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Joann

Until  the year 2010, the U.S. con­ducted a decen­nial cen­sus con­sist­ing of a short form, com­pleted by every­one, and a longer, more exten­sive form, com­pleted by cer­tain house­holds, so that infor­ma­tion about many vari­ables was avail­able for almost all geo­gra­phies … Con­tinue read­ing →

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