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Here are the instructions that census takers were given when filling out the 1930 census forms. Useful for learning what the questions mean and why you see the answers you see.
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Population, geographic, economic and geographic data from the United States Census Bureau. Can be downloaded as excel for use in GIS.
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tagged census stats by laallen ...and 4 other people ...on 08-FEB-08
The Geohistory Network includes scanned images of historic fire insurance atlases and directories for Philadelphia. It is a pilot project of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) to develop a web-based repository of geographically organized historical information about Philadelphia, its geography, its buildings, and its people.
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tagged atlases census history philadelphia maps by laallen ...on 08-FEB-08
The NHGIS is a project at the University of Minnesota designed to collect GIS data for the United States at the smallest possible Geographic level. Currently the geographic boundary files include states and counties from 1790 to the present and census tracts from 1910 to the present.
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tagged GIS census history by laallen ...on 08-FEB-08
The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United States for the full period. The data can also be exported as excel spreadsheets for easy reuse.
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tagged GIS census history stats tracts by laallen ...and 2 other people ...on 08-FEB-08
The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and name indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps.
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tagged census hspv schedules philadelphia history genealogy by laallen ...and 3 other people ...on 08-FEB-08
Population, demographic, housing, and economic and data from census 2000, census 1990, the American Community Survey (county level data only), and the Economic Census.
tagged census educ_245 by laallen ...and 4 other people ...on 21-JAN-08
Genealogical collection covering the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection.
tagged census genealogy philadelphia schedules by laallen ...and 3 other people ...on 18-JAN-08
Clark, Victor S. (Victor Selden), 1868-1946. . History of manufactures in the United States ... by Victor S. Clark, with an introductory note by Henry W. Farnam. Washington, D.C. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1916-28.
Call#: Van Pelt Library AS32 .A5 no.215B


tagged census history manufactures by laallen ...on 17-JAN-08

History of manufactures in the United States : 1607-1860

by Victor S Clark

Type:Book
Language:English
Publisher:Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1916.
Editions: 12 Editions
OCLC:20302798
tagged census history manufactures by laallen ...on 17-JAN-08
Bishop, J. Leander (John Leander), 1820-1868. . History of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860 ... comprising annals of the industry of the United States in machinery, manufactures and useful arts, with a notice of the important inventions, tariffs, and the results of each decennial census. By J. LPhiladelphia : E. Young, 1868.
Call#: Storage: From RECORD page, use Place Request tab 609 B54


tagged business census history manufactures by laallen ...on 17-JAN-08
For access to tables from the 1990 and 2000 census, the American Community Survey, Economic Census, Annual Economic Surveys, and Annual Population Estimates.
tagged census data stats by laallen ...and 4 other people ...on 17-JAN-08
United States. Census Office. 7th-8th Census, 1850-1860. . Census of manufacturing, 1850-1860. Washington : Govt. Print. Office, 1859-1865.
Call#: Microfilm 2616


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United States. Census Office. 3d-6th Census, 1810-1840. . Census of manufacturing, 1810-1840. Philadelphia, Printed by A. Cornman, 1813-41.
Call#: Microfilm 2615


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The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United States for the full period. Reports include aggregated totals and the system allows for slideshows demonstrating change over time. The data can also be exported as excel spreadsheets for easy reuse.
The neighborhoodBase website is designed to assist community-based planning and development organizations, government agencies, researchers and concerned individuals in their efforts to analyze, transform and revitalize Philadelphia neighborhoods.
United States. Bureau of the Census. . Census descriptions of geographic subdivisions and enumeration districts, 1830-1950 [microform]. Washington : National Archives of the United States, 1978-
Call#: NationalArchives T-1224


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Available Topics Include:
*Economic
-- Industry wages
-- Top industries
-- Top occupation groups
-- Labor force by age
-- Education Levels

*Demographic
-- Income
-- Population Pyramid
-- School Enrollment
*Economic
-- Industry wages
-- Top industries
-- Top occupation groups
-- Labor force by age
-- Education Levels

*Demographic
-- Income
-- Population Pyramid
-- School Enrollment

*Housing
-- Mortgage Averages
-- Occupancy Status
-- Ownership Rates
-- Housing Costs

*Transportation
-- Commute Times
-- Means of Transportation

*Community Assets
-- Public Schools
-- Colleges and Universities

tagged census counties stats by laallen ...on 07-DEC-07
Shapefiles and data at the census tract, county, state, and other geographic levels going back to 1790 for counties, and 1910 for tracts. Also includes some data for downloading.
Statistical yearbook of Ireland. [1649-1408 ] Dublin : The Stationery Office, 2001-
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA1141 .A35


tagged afua ireland statistics history census by nmperez ...on 08-NOV-07
Ireland statistical abstract. [0790-8970 ] Dublin : Stationery Off., c1986-c1999.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA1141 .A35


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Statistical abstract of Ireland. Dublin : Stationery Office, 1950-1985.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA1141 .A35


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Philadelphia NIS NeighborhoodBas
NeighborhoodBase is a publicly-accessible, web-based, geographic data application developed by the University of Pennsylvania's Cartographic Modeling Lab. Along with parcelBase, muralBase, and crimeBase, neighborhoodBase is one of four applications that comprise the Neighborhood Information System. The neighborhoodBase website is designed to assist community-based planning and development organizations, government agencies, researchers and concerned individuals in their efforts to analyze, transform and revitalize Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Social Explorer
The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United States for the full period. Reports include aggregated totals and the system allows for slideshows demonstrating change over time. The data can also be exported as excel spreadsheets for easy reuse.
Ireland. Census Office. . Census of Ireland, 1901. Dublin, Printed for H. M. Stationery Off., by Cahill & Company [etc.] 1901-02.
Call#: Van Pelt Library 314.15 G792


tagged afua census history statistics ireland by nmperez ...on 30-OCT-07
Ireland. Census Office. . Census of Ireland, 1901 general topographical index consisting of an alphabetical index to the townlands and towns of Ireland and indices to the parishes, baronies, poor law unions (or Superintendent Registrar's districts), district electoral divisions, dDublin : Printed for H.M.S.O., 1904.
Call#: 314.15 G792 Ind


tagged afua census ireland statistics history by nmperez ...on 30-OCT-07
Crawford, E. Margaret. . Counting the people : a survey of the Irish censuses, 1813-1911 / E. Margaret Crawford. [1851826734 ] Dublin : Four Courts, c2003.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA1170.3 .C72 2003


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Daly, Mary E. . Slow failure : population decline and independent Ireland, 1922-1973 / Mary E. Daly. [0299212904 (cloth : alk. paper) ] Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HB3589 .D35 2006


tagged afua history statistics ireland census by nmperez ...on 30-OCT-07

Methodology and Assumptions for the Population
Projections of the United States:
1999 to 2100
_________________________________________________________
Population Division Working Paper No. 38

Frederick W. Hollmann,
Tammany J. Mulder,
and Jeffrey E. Kallan
Population Projections Branch
Population Division
U.S. Census Bureau
Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20233
(301) 457-2428
www.census.gov
Issued January 13, 2000

 

ABSTRACT
This working paper discusses the methodology and assumptions used to develop the recently released
projections of the population of the United States from 1999 to 2100. The new series includes projections
of the population by single year of age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, and nativity. While the basic
methodology used to produce these projections is the same as in earlier Census Bureau national population
projections, there have been changes, in both the time horizon and reference dates of the projections, as well
as in the specific methods used to estimate population change. The extension of the series to 2100 carries
the projections 20 years further into the future than any series previously issued by the Census Bureau.
For the first time, projection results include a break on nativity, defined dichotomously by the presence or
absence of U.S. citizenship at birth, as well as its cross-classification with other variables. Also new with
this series is the projection to quarterly reference dates, allowing users to view the national population
seasonally, or simply to select annual reference dates other than July 1. In addition, international migration
in the new series is allowed to vary over time, remaining somewhat lower than the constant value in the
previous series for the first two decades of the century, but reaching considerably higher levels than in the
previous one after 2020. Fertility rates in both models are allowed to change very little over time.
However, fertility rates by race and Hispanic origin are allowed to converge in the new middle series,
whereas in the previous middle series they remained constant within race and origin category. Finally, the
new mortality assumptions show more improvement in life expectancy for all racial and Hispanic origin
groups, except the non-Hispanic White population, than did the assumptions of the previous projection
series.

tagged census forecasts migration population by jn ...on 24-OCT-07
FHWA > HEP > Planning > Census > CTPP > Training

Disclosure and Utility of Census Journey-to-Work Flow Data from the American Community Survey
Is There a Right Balance?

by

Ed Christopher
FHWA Resource Center

Nandu Srinivasan
Cambridge Systematics Inc.

This paper was developed to augment the display poster prepared for the Conference on Census Data for Transportation Planning: Preparing for the Future. The opinions and views expressed in this document and subsequent poster represent those of the authors (and those who have influenced them) but should not be considered the views, policy positions or in no way be attributed to the organizations for which they work or have any affiliations.

Irvine, California
May 11 to 13, 2005
Abstract

Early in 2003 the transportation community contracted with the Census Bureau to produce the CTPP2000, a special tabulation. A special tabulation is made up of user defined tables and falls outside the "standard" products distributed by the Census Bureau like SF1, SF3, and PUMS. With the 2000 decennial data, the Census Bureau required all special tabulations to have disclosure avoidance techniques applied to them. For CTPP2000 this meant the institution of rounding and threshold techniques in addition to the already applied procedures of data swapping and imputation.

The specific disclosure rules for the American Community Survey after 5 years of data collection are likely to be similar, if not stricter than to those used for CTPP2000. In this paper the effects of rounding and thresholds on the CTPP will be exposed along with an examination of their effects under the American Community Survey. CTPP2000, ACS, 1990 CTPP and the NCHRP 8-48 data sets are used in this analysis.

We show how the rounding rules cause an undercount in the published datasets. The rounding rules for CTPP2000 could have worked better had the underlying data been more closely examined for the frequency of occurrence of cell values before the rounding decision was made. Finally, we show that a minor tweaking of the rules could have produced a more consistent dataset.

As for thresholds, they will always cause severe data loss even at a medium level of geographic aggregation, let alone for small geography. Compounding the severe data loss, consider that the number of observations in a 5 year accumulated ACS will be at least 25 percent smaller than those collected from the decennial census.

tagged CTPP JTW journey_to_work transportation census by jn ...on 20-AUG-07

The purpose of this page is to provide Bay Area data users with easy access to CTPP data and documentation. The CTPP is a special product produced by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the transportation community. More information on the CTPP is available at the links provided at the bottom of this page.


The CTPP comprises three elements: Part 1 provides tabular data by area of residence; Part 2 provides data by area of work; and Part 3 provides commuter "flow" data from area of residence to area of work. Data is available at various geographic "summary levels" including county, places (above 2,500 population), census tracts (1,405 in Bay Area), block groups (4,422 in Bay Area), census travel analysis zones (4,069 in Bay Area), and 5% PUMAs (54 in Bay Area).

The CTPP Part 1 data for California was received July 9th, 2003.

The CTPP Part 2 data for California was received January 11, 2004. The data CD that was received on 1/11/04 contains only ASCII data and SAS jobs to analyze the datasets.

The CTPP Part 3 dataset for California was released May 6, 2004. Part 3 data contains the county-to-county, place-to-place, tract-to-tract, etc., data.


Our intent is to provide CTPP data in common data formats. We are providing data in "csv" (comma-separated value) formats for importing into spreadsheet and database applications, and we are providing data in ESRI "shp" file format for use in ArcView or ArcGIS software. Note that some of the "dbf" files associated with the "shp" files are very large with several thousand variables, and cannot be used in MS-Excel.
tagged CTPP transportation journey_to_work JTW census by jn ...on 20-AUG-07

About the NPTS

The National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) previously called the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) serves as the nation's inventory of daily personal travel. It is the only authoritative source of national data on daily trips including purpose of the trip, means of transportation, how long the trip took, day of the week and month, number of people on the trip etc.

NYSDOT Add-on sample

In 1995 and again in 2001, the New York State Department of Transportation participated with Federal Highway Administration as one of several add-on areas. That is, NYSDOT purchased additional household samples to increase the coverage and reliability of the NPTS data for analysis of the travel patterns of residents within New York State. The 1995 survey was conducted from May 1995 to July 1996, the 2001 survey from April 2000 to May 2001.

Metropolitan Level Analysis reports

tagged NHTS NYSDOT NPTS transportation_statistics census by jn ...on 16-AUG-07

Transportation Trends, Surveys & Statistics

This page provides a convenient reference for accessing a number of frequently requested reports, publications and statistics about various aspects of transportation in New York State.

tagged JTW census transportation_statistics NYSDOT by jn ...on 16-AUG-07

Journey To Work (JTW)

The journey to work and related questions are asked on the decennial census long form. In 1990 these data appear in Census Summary tape File #3 (STF3) and in 2000 on Census Summary File #3 (SF3). Tabulations, called the 1990 and the 2000 "Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP)" were created for transportation analysts from these files. The CTPP has three components, a residential summary, a work place summary and a flow based summary. Most of the questions received regarding Journey to Work have been focused on the mode used and the average travel time. To this end, two interactive databases have been developed to allow users to select residence origin(s) and workplace destination(s) at the county or place level and obtain residence or workplace summaries for mode used and average travel time to work.

The 1990 application is based on the 1990 CTPP Part C, means of transportation to work table which did not contain the field “work at home.” The 2000 application is based on the 2000 CTPP Part 3 means of transportation to work table which does contain the field “work at home” whenever the origin (residence) and the destination (workplace) geography are the same. What this means is that in 1990 the workers who “work at home” need to be added to the 1990 flow data, whenever the origin and destination locations are the same, if a correct comparison is to be made with 2000.

A table exists at this location that compares 2000 with 1990 whenever the geography in 2000 matches 1990. This table contains work at home in 2000 and 1990. The reader should add the 1990 values for “workers at home” to the 1990 flow data (from the application) whenever the origin and workplace geography are the same.

tagged CTPP journey_to_work JTW NYSDOT census by jn ...on 16-AUG-07

Same sex and unmarried partner household data are collected for those households where the householder and his or her partner are not married, but are living in a close personal relationship. An unmarried partner can be of the same sex or opposite sex of the householder.

An unmarried partner, in an unmarried partner household, is an adult who is unrelated to the householder, but shares living quarters and has a close personal relationship with the householder. This relationship is based on the self-identification of respondents.

Here are some sources for your use:


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tagged census homosexuality data gays lgbt stats by laallen ...on 04-JUN-07
Phila City Planning Comission outline map of Philly census tracts.
tagged 2000 census tracts philadelphia maps by laallen ...on 05-MAR-07
Allows you to use online analysis software to analyze a single dataset or a range of datasets from IPUMS.
tagged analysis ipums microdata pums census by laallen ...on 02-MAR-07
The main economic indicators of the day with links from the Census.
tagged census stats economics govdocs by laallen ...on 29-JAN-07
The Genealogy and Local History Collection of the State Library of Pennsylvania consists of a wide variety of indexes, genealogies, state and county histories, atlases, land warranty maps, ship lists, and compilations of church and cemetery records, as well as the Pennsylvania Federal Census records on microfilm.  Of interest to genealogists and historians alike are such items as the Published Pennsylvania Archives series, the many regimental histories in the collection, research guides for ethnic and minority groups, and guides to genealogical research in foreign countries.
tagged census history pennsylvania local genealogy by laallen ...on 26-JAN-07
Source for population, housing, economic and geographic data for the U.S., individual states, counties, and towns.
Lists major releases of historical census data online for the country, states, cities, metro areas, etc. Very useful starting point for historical census questions.
tagged census historical stats united_states population by laallen ...on 19-JAN-07
Housing and demographic data about communities, regions, and the U.S more broadly. Provides tools and guides for analyzing, interpreting and applying data. 
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Overview of Zip Code Statistic sources from the US Census.
tagged census guides statistics zipcodes by laallen ...on 02-JAN-07
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International population census publications. [microform] [Series III, post-1967]. Region : Africa. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, [1985-
Call#: Microfilm 4557


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address search - information w/ geographical identifiers for a specific place. 

state, county, county subdivision, census tract, block group, block, and many many more

tagged census geography by jn ...on 18-OCT-06
Decennials - Census of Population and Housing
PDF-format versions of historic US decennial census volumes, 1790 to present. Topics covered include basic counts of population and housing, with race and gender, for the nation, states, counties, townships and municipalities, and some small areas (e.g., wards). From 1840 to present, social and economic information is provided.
Holdings: 1790 to present (backfile in progress: 1790-1860, 1990-2000 available)
tagged census educ_245 historical by laallen ...and 1 other person ...on 05-OCT-06
Black Incomes Surpass Whites in Queens
By SAM ROBERTS
Published: October 1, 2006

Across the country, the income gap between blacks and whites remains wide, and nowhere more so than in Manhattan. But just a river away, a very different story is unfolding.

In Queens, the median income among black households, nearing $52,000 a year, has surpassed that of whites in 2005, an analysis of new census data shows. No other county in the country with a population over 65,000 can make that claim. The gains among blacks in Queens, the city’s quintessential middle-class borough, were driven largely by the growth of two-parent families and the successes of immigrants from the West Indies. Many live in tidy homes in verdant enclaves like Cambria Heights, Rosedale and Laurelton, just west of the Cross Island Parkway and the border with Nassau County.
tagged NYTimes census queens by jn ...on 30-SEP-06
United States. Bureau of the Census. . 1970 census of population and housing. Census tracts. [Washington; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1971-
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA201 1970 .A542

Many of the reports are online at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/1970.htm
tagged 1970 tracts census cities by laallen ...on 14-SEP-06

Americans' average commute to work got shorter by 0.4 minutes from 2000 to 2005. Here are the 25 metropolitan areas with the longest commutes to work. Commutes are in average minutes, one way:

...

Philadelphia -- 27.9

 

tagged census transportation commute_times by jn ...on 01-SEP-06

New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
Thursday, August 31st, 2006

If you think it's taking longer than ever to get to work, you're right.
The Census Bureau says New York City now has the second-longest commute in the nation - 34.2 minutes - a slight increase over the past five years and only a little better than Baltimore.
The average commute for the rest of the country is 25.5 minutes - a 24-second drop since 2005.

tagged NYDailyNews census commute_times new_york by jn ...on 01-SEP-06
A Washington Post article about the large upward revision in the population estimate for Washington DC in 2005. The city challenged the 2005 estimate and won the challenge.
tagged census population washington_dc errors census_revisions by laallen ...on 24-JUL-06
EAS028
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tagged census county_business_patterns by anellokj ...on 23-JUN-06

From page 247-248

TECHNICAL NOTE ON SAME-SEX UNMARRIED PARTNER DATA FROM THE 1990 AND 2000 CENSUSES

...In 1990, the edit and allocation procedures did not allow same-sex “spouse” combinations to occur, thus resulting in the allocation of one of these two items in order to achieve editing consistency among the responses.

 

...Processing steps were changed for Census 2000 for households that contained same-sex “spouses.” If the person with the “spouse” category was the same sex as the householder and if neither person had their sex previously allocated, a relationship response of “spouse” was allocated as an “unmarried partner” response.

...Two principal factors affected our decision to take this approach for Census 2000.

1.      Marriage Act (H.R. 3396) passed by the 104th Congress. This act instructs all federal agencies only to recognize opposite-sex marriages for the purposes of enacting any agency programs. In order for Census Bureau data to be consistent with this act and the data requirements of other federal agencies, same-sex spouse responses were invalidated. The legislation defines marriage and spouse as follows:

 “In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word ’marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word ’spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife.” In order for the Census Bureau to be consistent with this act and the data requirements of other federal agencies, same-sex “spouse” responses were invalidated.

2.      The second factor took into consideration that couples in long term same-sex relationships may consider themselves as “married partners” and thus respond as such on the census form.  In addition, at the time of writing the editing program for Census 2000, there were several challenges in the courts concerning the legality of same-sex marriages. Clearly, we could not ignore the fact that same-sex spouse responses were going to be recorded during Census 2000. In light of these social and legal aspects and the lack of a key variable in the statistical allocation routine (marital status) the assignment of same-sex “married” couples to the same-sex “unmarried partner” category was the procedure chosen for the editing process. We were adverse to a randomized allocation of these responses after people had clearly marked a close relationship preference on the census form.

As a result of these changes in the processing routine, estimates of same-sex unmarried partners are not comparable between the 1990 and 2000 census.

 

tagged census marriage data homesexulaity by jn ...on 22-JUN-06
CensusCD 1980 [electronic resource] : short & long form data from the 1980 U.S. census : over 1,500 variables and mapping too! E. Brunswick, NJ : GeoLytics, c2004.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Moelis CD Area HA201 1980ae 2004


tagged 1980 census geolytics by laallen ...on 20-JUN-06
The Rural-Urban commuting area (RUCA) codes, a detailed and flexible scheme for delineating sub-county components of the U.S. settlement system, have been updated using data from the 2000 decennial census.
tagged census commuting census2000 by jn ...and 1 other person ...on 19-JUN-06
Describes the major urban/rural classification systems in use by the Federal Government with links to publications.
tagged census urban taxonomies for_nick rucas rural by laallen ...on 19-JUN-06
i think this is the puma shapefile
tagged census census2000 puma pums shapefile by jn ...on 19-JUN-06
United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1972 census of selected service industries.[Washington], U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976.
Call#: HD9981.4 A522
 
Reports of the 1972 Census of Selected Service Industries cover a variety of personal and business services, as well as hotels, motels, trailer parks, and camps; automotive services; miscellaneous repair services; amusement and recreation services, including the motion picture industry; legal services; and architectural and engineering services. Data are not included for medical and other health services, museums and art galleries, non-profit membership organizations, religious organizations and private household services. 


tagged 1972 economic service_industries census by laallen ...on 14-JUN-06
United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1972 economic censuses : procedural history.Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976.
Call#: HA37 .U52 1976
 
This book describes the 1972 Economic Censuses, including each publication from the Economic Censuses of 1972. Very useful for identifying the particular publication that you need. 


tagged 1972 economic refbooks overview census by laallen ...on 14-JUN-06
United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1972 enterprise statistics.Washington, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1976-
Call#: HC106.5 .A5393 1972
 
The enterprise statistics reports consist of summary tabulations of the data obtained for the various censuses included within the scope of the 1972 economic censuses. Essentially, the Enterprise Statistics Program involves the regrouping of census data records of establishments under common ownership or control and assigning company codes to show various economic characteristics of the firms that own or control the establishments.
 
The General Report on Industrial Organization (included here) provides a comprehensive examination of the industrial organization of the U.S. private economy, as of the end of 1972, covering companies engaged in mineral industries, construction industries, manufacturing, public warehousing, wholesale and retail trade, and selected service industries. This report presents data on the significant patterns of structural changes in American industrail organization in terms of the primary industrail activity of companies, their employment and sales size, indusctry specialization, and other economic characteristics of all reporting firms included within the scope of the conomic censuses and the establishments they own or control. 


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United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1972 census of wholesale trade.Washington, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976.
Call#: HF5421 .U485


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United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1972 census of construction industries.Washington, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974-1975.
Call#: HD9715.U52 A57352 1972


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United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1972 census of manufactures.Washington, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976.
Call#: HD9724 .A4 1972


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United States. Bureau of the Census.. 1972 census of mineral industries, Subject, industry, and area statistics.Washington, D.C., For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1976.
Call#: HD9506.U62 A36 1972


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Variable availability from United States Censuses.
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Measuring America : the decennial censuses from 1790 to 2000
Reproduces decennial census schedules and forms, 1790 through 2000. Provides history of decennial census and specific questions.
Historical Census Browser
Population and housing data for all U.S. states and counties, 1790 to 1960, based on decennial census of population and housing. Provides basic counts of population and housing, including race, gender, and some measure of household size and composition. For 1840 to 1960, economic characteristics such as education and occupation are included. Later decades have many variables, including ancestry, literacy, and income variables.
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