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American FactFinder: Exploring U.S. Statistics through the Decennial Census

American FactFinder: Exploring U.S. Statistics through the Decennial Census. Leo Dion Government Documents Library. American FactFinder. U.S. government is largest collector of statistics in the world. Online: 1990 to present. Free public resource.

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American FactFinder: Exploring U.S. Statistics through the Decennial Census

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  1. American FactFinder: Exploring U.S. Statistics through the Decennial Census Leo Dion Government Documents Library

  2. American FactFinder • U.S. government is largest collector of statistics in the world. • Online: 1990 to present. • Free public resource. • Collection changes from year to year to refocus and handle previous unforeseen problems. • Combines access to decennial census, annual community survey, government census, economic census, and annual economic survey. • Download data, create maps and graphs, custom and comparison tables. • DataFerret, Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), and TIGER/Line files. • 10 statistical agencies whose primary mandate is the collection of statistics.

  3. Statistical Agencies • Economic Research Service (Dept. of Agriculture) • National Agriculture Statistics Service (Dept. of Agriculture) • Bureau of Census (Dept. of Commerce), • National Center for Education Statistics (Dept. of Education) • Energy Information Administration (Dept. of Energy) • Bureau of Justice Statistics (Dept. of Justice) • Bureau of Labor Statistics (Dept. of Labor) • National Center for Health Statistics (Dept. of Health and Human Services) • Statistics of Income Division (IRS, Dept. of Treasury) • Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Dept. of Transportation)

  4. Censuses and Surveys • American Community Survey:  Collected every year since its inception in 1996.  Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files are samples of responses to the questions for population and housing characteristics and provide data on how one individual or individual household answered the entire questionnaire. • Economic Census:  Collected every five years in the years ending in 2 and 7.  The Economic Census extensively surveys 7 million establishments with paid employees and surveys 17 million smaller businesses without paid employees.  • Annual Economic Surveys:  Taken annually in the four years between the Economic Census.  Includes the Annual Survey of Manufacturers; County Business Patterns; and Nonemployer Statistics (NS) reports the number of businesses and sales of businesses without employees by metro or combined areas. • Government Census:  Taken every five years in the years ending in 2 and 7.  The government census is a breakdown of government organization, public employment, and government finance from national to local levels.

  5. Decennial Census • The 2000 and 1990 censuses are available online. • The Census Bureau provides Data Products At a Glance worksheet that shows release date and lowest level of geography for each data product.  Contains five summary files, four with the American Indian and Alaska Native data integrated and a separate American Indian and Alaska Native Summary File (AIANSF).

  6. Summary Files • SF1  Presents counts and basic cross tabulations of information collected for all people and housing units including many detailed race and Hispanic or Latino categories. • SF2  Contains 100-percent population and housing characteristics, but the tables are redone using a selected list of detailed race and Hispanic or Latino origin groups and Alaska Native and American Indian. • SF3  Presents in-depth population and housing data collected on a sample basis from the long and short form questionnaire.  It includes population totals for ancestry groups. Further data specifications. • SF4  Sample data compiled from the questions asked of people and housing units. Further data specifications. • AIANSF  Sample data from questions asked of American Indian and Alaska Native peoples and housing units.

  7. Exercises: Exploring American FactFinder http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

  8. Census Tools • TIGER/Line Shapefiles available from ESRI as free download. Adds GIS capability to Census. http://arcdata.esri.com/data/tiger2000/tiger_download.cfm • Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS). Allows researcher to track individuals across multiple census questionnaire fields. http://www.census.gov/main/www/pums.html • DataFerret organizes, customizes, and creates visuals and manages online data and datasharing. Allows user to export to SAS, SPSS, Excel/Access. http://dataferrett.census.gov/

  9. Further Resources • FEDSTATS:  The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.  Links to statistics provides access by topic, state, and geography, while Links to statistical agencies provides access to agencies via subject category. • Statistical Universe:  A powerful tool used for searching statistics when the existence and/or source of a statistic is unknown.  Provides two search options, Search Tables and Search Abstracts.

  10. We are at the Government Documents Reference Desk to Help You!Room 200D: 9am to 5pm Mon-Fri gdoclib@library.uiuc.edu (217) 244-6445

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