A Guide to the Decennial Census with a focus on 1990 and 2000 census data

• Census 2000 via the Census Bureau
• What is New for Census 2000?
• Selected Sources of Census Data: 1990, 2000
  • Guide to Historical Population and Housing Census Statistics and Maps for Small Area Geography: Blocks, Block Groups, Census Tracts, County Subdivisions, ZIP Codes, and similar areas, 1910 - 1990
  • A Guide to American FactFinder Geography and Functionality
  • Census 2000: American FactFinder Workshop
  • Census 2000: American FactFinder Workshop (and more), Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, November 2001
  • How to Use Summary File 1 with Census 2000 Data Engine Software on DVD
  • Finding Census Data and Maps Online, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, November 2001
• A Suggested Strategy for Collecting Decennial Census Data
• Census Geography: 1990, 2000
• Census Questionnaires
• Census Tables and Variables: 1990
• How to Find Census Data using Census Bureau CD-ROMs: 1990
• Census Maps and TIGER/Line Data
  • How to Print out Census 2000 Maps in PDF Format
  • Census 2000: A Workshop on Maps in PDF Format
  • Maps for Census 2000: Directions We Can Take. Texas Library Association, March 29, 2001
  • Maps for Census 2000: Directions We Can Take. 2001 Federal Depository Conference and Fall Depository Library Council Meeting, Wednesday, October 17, 2001
• Census Documentation, Guides, and History
• Updating the Decennial Census
• How to Get Help with the Census: Davis Library, Reference Department, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science (IRSS), North Carolina State Data Center, Charlotte Regional Office of the U.S. Census Bureau
• Other Censuses and Surveys

Davis Library at UNC-Chapel Hill has an excellent collection of U.S. decennial census publications as well as the economic census and other censuses and surveys. Consult our online catalog, our card catalog (in Davis Library, Reference Department) or ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.

For information about our Census Schedules holdings, contact UNC-Chapel Hill Davis Library, Reference Department or the North Carolina Collection.

See also:

HBHE 240: The Decennial Census
Planning 46: Collecting and Mapping Data from the 1990 Census
Planning 130: Collecting Census Data and Mapping it Using ArcView
So, You're Looking for a Project!?!? Beyond the Basics for Census 2000 in 2001, American Library Association/Maps and Geography Round Table, June 17, 2001

Barbara Levergood, Former Electronic Documents Librarian

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