Delivering Census 2000 Information to Users

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Census 2000 Data Products

Our Goal: To deliver timely information in appropriate formats to a variety of customer groups.

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Major Product Lines

• Products: Summary Files, Profiles,Quick Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, printed reports, maps, microdata

• Media: Internet, CD-ROMs, DVDs, publications

• Formats: ASCII, PDF, custom, other

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Media

• Internet

• CD-ROM /DVD

• Paper

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Internet

• Data released first on American FactFinder

• Community profiles available under QuickFacts

• Printed reports available in Portable Document Format (PDF)

• Maps available in Portable Document Format (PDF)

• Download (FTP) options

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CD-ROM / DVD

• Redistricting Summary File and 4 series of detailed tables similar to 1990 STFs

• Profiles, Quick Tables, Geographic Comparison Tables, and printed reports (PDF)

• Maps (PDF)

• Access software

• Formats

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Paper

• 3 Series of printed reports

  • Summary Population and Housing Characteristics

  • Summary Social, Economic and Housing Characteristics

  • Population and Housing Unit Totals

• Maps

  • Census Block Maps

  • Census Tract Outline Maps

  • Reference Maps

• Census Briefs

• Print on demand

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Redistricting Summary File

• Total population and 18-and-over population by 63 race categories and Hispanic/Latino

• Lowest level of geography: block

• Release date: March 2001

• 1 or more CDs per state; 3 DVDs

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100 Percent Summary Files

Summary File 1

• • Counts and cross tabulations

  • Counts for detailed race, Hispanic or Latino groups, and American Indian/Alaska Native tribes

  • About 300 tables

  • Tables repeat (A-I) for major race groups alone, two or more races, Hispanic or Latino, White not Hispanic or Latino

  • Geography: block, census tract

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100 Percent Summary Files

Summary File 2

• • About 60 tables repeated for race and Hispanic/Latino groups, and American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes

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Sample Data Summary Files

Summary File 3

• • Counts and cross tabulations of sample items (income, occupation, education, rent and value, vehicles available)

  • About 800 tables of data

  • Lowest level of geography--block group

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Sample Data Summary Files

Summary File 4

• • Tables repeated by race and Hispanic/Latino, American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, and ancestry

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Public Use Microdata SampleFiles

Unaggregated records of responses to Census 2000 with all identifying information removed

Two Files Planned

• • 1-Percent National Characteristics File

  • 5-Percent State Files

    • 100,000 population threshold for geography

    • 10,000 population threshold for characteristics

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Demographic Profiles

100-Percent data profile

Sample data profile

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Tables

Quick Tables

Geographic Comparison Tables

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Maps and Related Products

• Census 2000 TIGER/Line Files

• Census Block Maps (County and Governmental Units)

• Census Tract Outline Maps

• Boundary Files

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Census 2000 TIGER/Line Files

• Digital database with street names, geographic area codes, latitude and longitude, etc.

• ZCTAs and final Census 2000 address ranges

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Census Block Maps

• Paper

• HPGL

• PDF

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Census Tract Outline Maps

• Paper, Internet, DVD

• PDF and HPGL

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Boundary Files

• Suitable for desktop mapping

• Internet

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Timeline for Census 2000 Data

• December 31, 2000: Official apportionment counts

• April 1, 2001: Data for 63 race groups and Hispanic/Latino by block

• Summer 2001: 100-percent counts and characteristics

• Summer 2002: Sample data products

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How to Obtain Census 2000 Data

Census Bureau

• http://www.census.gov

• Census Bureau’s Customer Service Center (301-457-4100)

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Cost of Census 2000 Products

Internet Free

CD-ROMs $50

DVDs $60

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How to Obtain Census 2000 Data

The U.S. Government Printing Office will sell Census 2000 printed reports.

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Other Sources of Census 2000 Information

State Data Centers

Census Information Centers

Depository Libraries

Census Bureau Regional Offices

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Census 2000 Data Products

For more information, visit us at

http://www.census.gov