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Census Stuff Mike Carr Statistician Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program

Census Stuff Mike Carr Statistician Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program. Census History. Mandated by Congress in 1787 and took place in 1790 Not finished until 1792 Only 6 questions asked The only name collected was the head of household’s name. Census History.

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Census Stuff Mike Carr Statistician Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program

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  1. Census StuffMike CarrStatisticianMichigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program

  2. Census History • Mandated by Congress in 1787 and took place in 1790 • Not finished until 1792 • Only 6 questions asked • The only name collected was the head of household’s name

  3. Census History • Types of information collected began to expand in 1810 • Many census items have became irrelevant and were dropped

  4. Census History • Housing and demographics are the main areas of interest today • A short form and a long form have been developed for the census

  5. Census 2000 Forms Short Form (SF1) Long Form (SF3) Does SF stand for “Short Form”? No, it stands for “Summary File”

  6. Census 2000 Forms Short Form (SF1) • Intended to be a complete count of all persons in the US • About 300 tables with counts and cross tabulations of race, ethnicity, gender, and age • Tables repeated for major race groups and ethnicity

  7. Census 2000 Forms Long Form (SF3) • 813 tables of socio-economic and housing data • Sent to 1 in 6 Households (17%)

  8. Population Data from the Long Form (SF3) Ability to speak English Ancestry Means of transportation to work Citizenship Time of departure for work Language spoken at home Travel time to work Place of birth Vehicle occupancy Migration Year of entry Work limitation status Race Mobility issues Hispanic origin Personal care limitation Disability status Age Gender Hours worked Marital status Income by type Military status and service Industry Educational attainment Class of worker School enrollment & type of school Occupation Relationship Place of work Fertility Weeks worked Poverty status Work status

  9. Housing Data from the Long Form (SF3) Bedrooms Mortgage status and owner costs Condominium status Plumbing facilities Contract rent (monthly rent) Presence and age of own children Cost of utilities and fuels Presence of subfamilies in household Family income Property value Family, subfamily, & household Real estate taxes relationships Farm status and value Residence State Fire, hazard, and flood insurance Rooms Food Stamps recipient Sewage disposal Fuels used Source of water Gross rent Telephone in housing unit House heating fuel Tenure (how long in home) Household income Units in structure Household type Vacancy status Kitchen facilities Vehicles available Linguistic isolation Year householder moved into unit Meals included in rent Year structure built

  10. The Census has a big presence on the Internet so we’ll look for our mapping needs there…

  11. Let’s make a cool map on the Internet from Census data and import it into a GIS project…

  12. Can we do anything useful with Census data?

  13. From www.Census.gov, probably not, but directly from the Summary File 3 files, Yes!

  14. Other than the obvious you will need: 1. “SF3 to Table” software downloaded and installed 2. The “SF3 to Table” manual 3. The UF3 files for Michigan downloaded from census.gov 4. The SF3 table documentation (at least the part that defines available data)

  15. 1. Download and Install “SF3 to Table” software • http://tnatlas.geog.utk.edu/downloadfree.htm

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