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Data from the Census Bureau: Censuses, Surveys & Tools

Data from the Census Bureau: Censuses, Surveys & Tools. Thursday, March 18th 12:00 - 1:30 pm Jon Stiles. How much data?. Lots of money spent on data collection (3 billion in 2009, up from 1.5 billion 2008, 900 million 2007)

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Data from the Census Bureau: Censuses, Surveys & Tools

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  1. Data from the Census Bureau:Censuses, Surveys & Tools Thursday, March 18th 12:00 - 1:30 pm Jon Stiles

  2. How much data? • Lots of money spent on data collection (3 billion in 2009, up from 1.5 billion 2008, 900 million 2007) • Lots more money allocated on basis of data collection (~400 Billion annually)

  3. Roadmap for today • Data collected by the Census Bureau • Census Geography – blocks to nation • Distribution and form of Census data • Tools at Census Bureau and elsewhere

  4. Broad Data Collections • Population & Housing Census - every 10 years • Economic Census - every 5 years • Census of Governments - every 5 years • American Community Survey – annually • Many additional surveys -- both Demographic & Economic • Economic Indicators - each indicator is released on a specific schedule

  5. Roadmap for todayPopulation & Household Surveys • First Destination – the 2000 Census • Content, Collection Process, Distribution • Census Geography • The 2010 Census and the American Community Survey • Other Demographic Surveys • SIPP, CPS, AHS, etc..

  6. Census 2000Short Form and Long Form Short form Long form

  7. Census 2000 Sampling Pattern  Approximately 1 in 6 households receive a “long-form” questionaire. The proportion of questionaires which are “long-form” versus “short-form” varies by geography: In smaller or rural areas, the sampling rate is 1 in 2, In densely populated areas, the sampling rate is 1 in 8.

  8. Census 2000 Short Form Questionnaire 7 Questions Name Sex Age Relationship (to Household Head) Hispanic Origin Race Owner/Renter Status

  9. Census 2000 Long Form Questionnaire 7 Core Questions PLUS Marital Status Education Language Place of Birth Citizenship Disabilities Labor Force Status Occupation Transportation Commute Income (by Source and more

  10. Census 2000 Long Form Questionnaire Selected Housing Items Mortgage Status Building Type Year Built Rooms Bedrooms Kitchen Plumbing Facilities Monthly Rent Utilities & Cost Taxes, Fees Value (if Owned) and more

  11. Distribution Formats 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 Public Use Microdata

  12. 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

  13. 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)

  14. SF2 Subject Content 36 Population tables at census tract (PCT) level • Housing tables (HCT) at census tract (HCT)

  15. SF2 - Subject Content • 250 Population Groups • total population • 132 race groups • 78 American Indian and Alaska Native tribe categories • 39 Hispanic or Latino groups

  16. Some Population Subjects at the Census Tract Level: SF 2 • 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

  17. SF2 - Racial and 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

  18. SF2 - Detailed Hispanic/Latino Categories Hispanic or Latino (of any race) Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Other Hispanic or Latino Dominican Central American Costa Rican Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian Salvadoran South American Argentinean Bolivian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Paraguayan Peruvian Uruguayan Venezuelan Spaniard All other Hispanic or Latino

  19. SF2 - Detailed Asian Categories Asian Japanese Asian Indian Korean Bangladeshi Laotian Cambodian Malaysian ChinesePakistani Chinese, except TaiwaneseSri Lankan TaiwaneseThai Filipino Vietnamese Hmong Other Asian Indonesian

  20. SF 2 - 35 AmericanIndian Categories Apache Delaware Pima Blackfeet Houma Potawatomi Cherokee Iroquois Pueblo Cheyenne Kiowa Puget Sound Salish Chickasaw Latin American Seminole Chippewa (Aztec, Inca, Mayan, etc.) Shoshone Choctaw Lumbee Sioux Colville Menominee Tohomo O’Odham Comanche Navajo Ute Cree Osage Yakama Creek Ottawa Yaqui Crow Paiute Yuman

  21. 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

  22. 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. Same types of tables as presented for SF3 Lowest Level of Geography is Census Tract

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