Western State College of Colorado

Government Resources: Census

• American Factfinder
  F from the U.S. Census Bureau, permits data users to select the data they need for the geography of their choice from a range of summary data files.

• State & County QuickFacts
  From the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Historical Statistics of the United States
  Colonial Times to 1970 Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts from the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Census Tool Kit - the University of Michigan Library

• Census 1990
  Summary Tape File 1: questions asked of every household, Summary Tape File 3: questions asked of 1 in 6 households weighted to represent the total population, Subject Summary Tape File 2: Ancestry of the Population of the U.S., Subject Summary Tape File 3: Persons of Hispanic Origin in the U.S., Subject Summary Tape File 5: Characteristics of the Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the U.S.

• Census Bureau
  Includes American Community Survey, Construction, Economic, Foreign Trade, Government, Manufacturing, Maps, Mining, NAICS & SIC Codes, and Population.

• Census Data for the United States 1790 to 1960

• Government Redistricting
  Web Sites from the Purdue University Libraries.

• CenStats
  Databases included are: Annual Survey of Manufactures, Building Permits, Census Tract Street Locator, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, County Business Patterns, Zip Business Patterns, USA Counties, International Trade.

• Census of Agriculture

• Current Population Survey Publications
  The Employment Situation; Historical Monthly Employment Reports; Earnings; Education, Training, and Job Tenure; Employment Problems (including Unemployment); Employment-related Issues; Employment Benefits; Experimental Measures; Foreign Born; Geographical Mobility; Hispanic Origin; Income; Income Program Participation; Industry and Occupation; International Comparisons; Labor Force Projections; Labor Force Status/Trends of Population Subgroups; Person, Family, and Household Characteristics; Poverty; Published Tables from Employment and Earnings; Race; Regional, State, and Area Trends.

• U.S. Gazetteer
  Maps with statistics from the Census Bureau.

• NAICS
  North American Industry Classification System.

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