An Overview: Census 2000 and Its Data Products

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An OverviewCensus 2000 and Its Data Products
Source http//www.census.gov/mso/www/pres_lib/
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Census 2000Short Form and Long Form
Short form
Long form
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For the U.S. as a whole, about one in six
households received the long-form questionnaire.
Census 2000 Sampling Pattern
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Census 2000 Short Form Questionnaire

• 7 Questions
• Name
• Sex
• Age
• Relationship
• Hispanic Origin
• Race
• Owner/Renter Status

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Census 2000 Hispanic or Latino
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Changed Question on Race
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Race and Ethnicity Tabulation Categories

• Single-Race
• Two or more races
• All-Inclusive Race

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Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

• The six race alone groups and the two or more
  races group, when combined, add up to 100 percent
  of the population.

100 population
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Grandparents as Caregivers

• New Question
• Presence of grandchildren
• Responsibility for basic needs
• How long responsible for needs

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Disability

• Revised Question
• Vision or hearing impairment
• Mobility limitation
• Condition that limits
• Learning or remembering
• Getting around house
• Getting around outside
• Working

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What Data Will Be Available?

• 100 data or short-form information
• Redistricting Summary File
• Summary File 1
• Summary File 2
• Sample data or long-form information
• Summary File 3
• Summary File 4

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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
• 1 or more CDs per state 3 DVDs
• Race and Hispanic or Latino Summary File
  (National File)

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100 Summary Files

• Summary File 1 (SF1)
• About 300 tables
• Counts and cross tabulations
• Counts for detailed race, Hispanic or Latino
  groups, and American Indian/Alaska Native tribes
  (to the tract)
• Tables repeat 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 SF1 Subject Content

• 171 Population tables (P) at block level
• 56 Housing tables (H) at block level
• 59 Population tables (PCT) at census
  tract level

286 Tables
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Examples of SF1 Tabulations

• P1 Total population (1)
• P3 Race (71)
• P8 Hispanic or Latino (17)
• P12 Sex by age (5-year groupings) (49)
• P14 Sex by age for the population under 20
  (single years of age) (43)
• P15 Households (1)
• P17 Average household size (1)

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SF1 RepeatingTabulations
5-year groupings
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SF2 Subject Content

• 36 Population tables at census tract (PCT) level
• 11 Housing tables (HCT) at census tract (HCT)

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SF2 Racial/Ethnic Groups

• Detailed American Indian categories
• Detailed Alaska Native categories
• Detailed Asian categories
• Detailed Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
  categories
• Hispanic or Latino categories
• Not Hispanic or Latino categories

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Some Population Subjects at the Census Tract
Level

• PCT1 Total population
• PCT3 Sex by age (single year of age)
• PCT4 Median age by sex
• PCT5 Sex by age (5-year groupings)
• PCT7 Population in household
• PCT8 Average household size
• PCT9 Household size, household type and presence
  of own children

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Some Housing Subjects at the Census Tract Level

• HCT2 Tenure
• HCT3 Total population in occupied housing units
• HCT4 Total population in occupied housing units
  by tenure

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Sample Data Summary Files

• Summary File 3
• 813 tables of data
• Counts and cross tabulations of sample items
  (income, occupation, education, rent and value,
  vehicles available)
• Lowest level of geography block group

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Sample Data Summary Files

• Summary File 4
• Tables repeated by race, Hispanic/ Latino, and
  American Indian and Alaska Native categories, and
  ancestry 336 categories in all.

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Public Use Microdata Sample Files

• Unaggregated responses to Census 2000 with all
  identifying information removed
• 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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Release of Census 2000 Products

• December 31, 2000 -- Official State counts
• April 1, 2001-- Redistricting counts
• 2001-- Short-form (100) data products
• 2002-- Long-form (sample) data products

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Major Product Lines

• Summary Files
• Demographic Profiles
• Quick Tables
• Geographic Comparison Tables
• printed reports
• maps
• microdata

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Media

• Internet
• CD-ROM /DVD
• Paper

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Internet

• Data released first on American FactFinder
• Printed reports and Maps available in Portable
  Document Format (PDF)
• Download (FTP) options

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Census 2000 Gateway
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American FactFinder

• SF1 data publicly accessible at www.census.gov
• Or visit factfinder.census.gov

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Quick Tables
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100 and Sample Data Demographic Profiles
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Geographic Comparison Tables
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• For downloading complete dataset files
• Available at http//ftp2.census.gov

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CD-ROM and DVD

• Data provided on CD-ROM and DVD, with software
  to view, print, download items

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CD-ROM / DVD

• Redistricting Summary File
• Summary File 1 through Summary File 4
• Access software is included
• Maps (PDF)

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Data Accessibility

• FTP AFF CD-ROM/DVD
• Difficulty High Low Low
• Cost No No Yes
• User Level High All All
• Speed Variable Variable High
• Connect Issues Possible Possible Unlikely
• Download limits None 5 MB CD size
• Graphical User Interface None Yes Yes

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Paper

• Printed reports
• Summary Population and Housing Characteristics
• Summary Social, Economic and Housing
  Characteristics
• Population and Housing Unit Totals
• Census Briefs
• Maps
• Print on demand

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Cost of Census 2000 Products

• Most information free through the Internet
  (www.census.gov)
• Charges for detailed custom tabulations, CD-ROMs,
  printed reports, print on-demand
• Census Bureaus Customer Service
  Center (301-763-INFO)

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Other Sources of Census 2000 Information

• State Data Centers
• Census Information Centers
• Depository Libraries
• Census Bureau Regional Offices
• www.census.gov/dmd/www/groupcnr.html

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For More Information

• Subscribe to the Census Product Update
• www.census.gov/mp/www/cpu.html

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