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Census Geography
General Reference
- Reference Resources for Understanding Census Bureau Geography
- Geographic Areas Reference Manual
- Guide to Online Cartographic and Geographic Resources (PDF 44K)
- Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas
Changes for Census 2000
- Geographic Changes for Census 2000 + Glossary
- New Census Block Strategy
- Urban and Rural Classification
- ZIP Code® Tabulation Areas (ZCTAsTM)
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Codes
- States, District of Columbia, Outlying Areas, and Associated Areas
- Metropolitan Areas (Historical Definitions)
- Counties and Equivalent Entities (Lookup)
- Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other Locational Facilities
Reference Maps (Largest Unit Shown -> Smallest Unit Shown)
- United
States -> States (PDF 1.0MB). Also includes boundaries
of census regions, divisions.
- United
States -> 1999 Metropolitan Areas. Also
includes boundaries of consolidated metropolitan statistical areas
(CMSA), primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSA), states.
- States
-> Census 2000 Counties (PDF 2.3MB). Also includes boundaries of
MSAs, CMSAs, PMSAs.
- Census 2000 Super-Public Use
Microdata Areas (Super-PUMA) -> Counties. Also
includes boundaries of states.
- Census 2000 Public
Use Microdata Areas (PUMA) -> Census Tracts. Also
includes boundaries of states, Super-PUMAs, counties.
- Census 2000 Urbanized
Areas -> County Subdivisions, Places. Also includes
boundaries of states, counties, American Indian/Alaska Native
Area/Hawaiian Home Land entities.
- Census 2000 Urban
Clusters -> County Subdivisions, Places. Also includes
boundaries of states, counties, American Indian/Alaska Native
Area/Hawaiian Home Land entities.
-
1990 Census and Census 2000 Counties -> Census Tracts. Also includes boundaries of
American Indian/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Home Land entities, county
subdivisions, places.
- Census 2000 Counties ->
Blocks: P.L. 94-171 County Block Maps (description). Also includes boundaries of American Indian
areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian homelands, county subdivisions,
places, voting districts, census tracts.
- 1990 Census and Census 2000 Places, Counties, and County Subdivisions -> Blocks. Also includes boundaries of American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian homelands, county subdivisions, places, census tracts.
Census 2000 Enumeration Adjustment Debate
Selected Articles (in chronological order)
- Ivars Patterson. "Sampling and the Census. Improving the Accuracy of the Decennial Count." Science News Online 152, October 1997. (html)
- Lawrence D. Brown et al. "Statistical Controversies in Census 2000." University of California, Berkeley, Department of Statistics Technical Report 537, April 1999. (PDF 91K)
- Kenneth Prewitt. "Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Statement on the Feasibility of Using Statistical Methods to Improve the Accuracy of Census 2000." June 2000.
- Reynolds Farley. "The Unexpectedly Large Census Count in 2000 and Its Implications." University of Michigan Population Studies Center, February 2001.
- Kenneth Prewitt and Thomas A. Jones. "Census 2000: An Overview." ICPSR Bulletin, Spring 2001. (PDF 1.7MB)
- David A. Freedman and Kenneth W. Wachter. "On the Likelihood of Improving the Accuracy of the Census Through Adjustment." University of California, Berkeley, Department of Statistics Technical Report 612, November 2001. (PDF 139K)
Selected Reports (in chronological order)
- ESCAP, March 2001 Recommendation. (html)
- ESCAP II, October 2001 Recommendation. (html)
- U.S. Census Bureau. "Press Kit Materials for Decision on Whether to Adjust Census 2000 Population Counts." October 17, 2001.
- A.C.E. Revision II, March 2003. (html)
Census Data Sites
- Census State Data Centers
- DataFerrett
(U.S. Census Bureau) - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
- Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
- Michigan Census Research Data Center (U.S. Census Bureau, University of Michigan)
- Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
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