CENS: U.S. Census (Updated June 2007)

Author: Eugene Turner 
Campus: California State University Northridge 
Department: Geography 
Revised: April 2, 2007 
Permalink: http://www.ssric.org/trd/modules/census 

Description

The Census Module is designed to provide an introduction to two major digital tabulations of the decennial census - the Summary Tape Files and the Public-use Microdata Sample (PUMS). In addition to working with the structures of these two data bases, students are exposed to their content and to methods of extracting census information from the files stored at the SSDBA. The module provides several data extracts from the census and illustrates a few methods used by demographers to describe places and to examine population characteristics such as age, migration, ethnicity, and income.

Citation

Turner, Eugene, 1998, 2007. Exploring the U.S. Census. Unpublished Manuscript

Table of Contents

  • Preface [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 1 -- Accessing the Digital Census [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 2 -- Describing Populations [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 3 -- Population Characteristics [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 4 -- Describing the Age of Populations [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 5 -- Population Growth [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 6 -- Describing the Relative Locations of Population [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 7 -- The Public-Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) [doc | pdf]
  • Chapter 8 -- Describing the Relative Location of Populations [doc | pdf]
  • Appendices [doc | pdf]
    • A. State and County FIPS Codes [doc | pdf]
    • B. Summary File Segmentation [doc | pdf]
    • C. Summary Level Sequence Chart [doc | pdf]
    • D. Race Codes [doc | pdf]
    • E. Hispanic Codes [doc | pdf]
    • F. Ancestry Codes [doc | pdf]
    • G. State and Foreign Country Codes [doc | pdf]
    • H. Occupation Codes [doc | pdf]
    • I. Industry Codes [doc | pdf]
    • J. SF3 Table Description [doc | pdf]​
  • Examples [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 1. Exploring the Census Web Site [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 2. Accessing Census 2000 SF3 and SF4 Data and Data Bases at ICPSR [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 3. Introduction to Excel [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 4. Analyzing Census Data in Excel [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 5. Sex Ratio [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 6. Location Quotient [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 7. Diversity Index [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 8. Association between Variables [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 9. Dependency Ratio [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 10. Population Pyramid [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 11. Population Growth [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 12. Population Demographic Equation [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 13. Accessing Census 2000 PUMS Data [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 14. Analyzing Census 2000 PUMS Data [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 15. Mapping Census 2000 Data [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 16. Examining the Demographics of a Service Area [doc | pdf]
    • Ex 17. Downloading Raw Census Data [doc | pdf]

 


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