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2000 CENSUS
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Last updated on February 19, 2007

CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING: 2000

Census Questionnaires: 2000

Summary Files 1 and 2 (100% Data)
SubjectsGeography

Household relationship
Sex
Race
Hispanic origin
Age, including single years
Housing owner/renter occupied
Group Quarters
Unmarried partners

Summary File 1:
    Data for 7 races and Hispanic
    All levels to block
    Some details limited to tract
Summary File 2:
    Data for 250 races and Hispanic
    All levels to census tract
    Must have 100 of race in area

Summary Files 3 and 4 (Sample Data)
SubjectsGeography
Subjects in SF 1 in less detail
Marital status
Grandparents as caregivers
School enrollment
Educational attainment
State or foreign country of birth
Citizenship and year of immigration
Language spoken at home
Ancestry
Place of residence 5 years ago
Veteran status
Disability
Labor force status
Place of work
Journey to work
Occupation
Industry
Class of worker
Work experience in 1999
Income and poverty in 1999
Housing units in structure
Rooms in unit
Value of home
Rent paid
Year structure built
Year moved into residence
Heating fuel
Plumbing and kitchen facilities
Number of bedrooms
Farm residence
Telephone
Vehicles available
Monthly shelter costs
Summary File 3:
    Data for 7 races and Hispanic
    All levels to block group
    Total ancestry figures only to tract level
Summary File 4
    Data for 350 races and ancestries and Hispanic

Technical Documentation

Definitions for the 2000 Census appear in the Appendix B to the Summary File 3 Technical Documentation

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdb.pdf

  • Chapter 7: Data Dictionary [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3td7.pdf] - 1.6 M (all individual variables in all tables with codes).

  • Appendix G: CODE LISTS
      • Ancestry [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg1.pdf] - 60K
      • Group Quarters [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg2.pdf] - 56K
      • Hispanic [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg3.pdf] - 26K
      • Industry [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg4.pdf] - 59K
      • Language [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg5.pdf] - 50K
      • Occupation [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg6.pdf] - 92K
      • Race [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg7.pdf] - 115K
      • States and Foreign Countries [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/sf3td/sf3tdg8.pdf] - 42K


  • DATA NOTES

    Census Geography
    See also a Map Example

    State
    Metro Area
    County
    Place
    Census Tract
    Block Group
    Block

    American Factfinder
    (http://factfinder.census.gov/)

    Primary vehicle for the distribution of 2000 Census data with numerous files from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, American Community Survey, and the 2002 Economic Censuses (employment, payrolls and receipts of business establishments.

    Use Mozilla for the best downloading.

    Main navigation section is on the lefthand side. It includes Data Sets and Address Search.

    REFERENCE MAPS provides mapping of states, counties, cities, census tracts, block groups, and blocks with the numbered areas identified. Also includes American Indian reservations, 3-5 digit zip codes, Congressional Districts, and state legislative districts.

    Enter through ADDRESS SEARCH even if you don't know an address. Do a Name Search for a city or county if you don't know a geography number, such as tract or block group number.

    Zoom in for more detail. Boundaries, features, and years can be changed by using the legend and updating it.

    THEMATIC MAPS illustrate selected population and housing items using classes of numbers and percentages.

    Enter through the Thematic Maps section of Data Sets/Summary File 3

    Choose the largest geographic level you need and use a pulldown box to change the display to a subgeography (e.g. tract, county, county subdivision).

    Use the legend to add features and boundaries.

    Right-click on the mouse to download in gif format; use the download button at the top to download in pdf format.
    DATA SETS is the major data access point. It includes links to 2000 and 1990 Decennial Censuses, American Community Survey, and 1997 Economic Census. Summary File 3 in the 2000 Census is the most important file.

    SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

    County Summaries

    Michigan

    Michigan County and City Web Sites
    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/michloc.html

    Probably the most comprehensive web page for Michigan county and city government web sites.

    Michigan County Profiles. http://medc.michigan.org/miinfo/places/

    Extensive descriptive and statistical information on Michigan's 83 counties. Geography, current labor force data, transportation lines, earnings by industry and selected occupation, number of industrial establishments, names of banks, colleges, major employers and utilities. Hospitals are listed in terms of numbers and beds and also as major employers.

    Geographic Area: Michigan counties
    Time Period: Current issue includes data from various dates

    National

    County and City Data Book, 1944-2000 http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/

    Summary demographic and vital statistics; employment, education, government, housing, production and weather data. The population and economic censuses form the basis data also includes copyrighted material on community hospital beds. For states, counties, and all cities of 25,000+. To choose multiple geographic areas, click on the first area with a mouse; press the control key and click on the next area. The output may be sorted geographically or by value of the variable. The 2000 data is available in pdf format from the Census Bureau at http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html

    Geographic Area: Nation , states, counties and large cities.
    Time Period:1994 and 2000.

    USA Counties
    http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml

    Population and housing variables (age, ancestry, race, education, income, and poverty for each county in the nation with some updates from the Current Population Survey. 2002 economic census data (manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, service industries) as well as government employment and finance. Non-Census data includes federal funds, current employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, crime, election, health, Social Security beneficiaries, and vital statistics (births, marriages, deaths, 1960-94). Data may be retrieved for an individual county or comparisons between counties can be requested

    Geographic Area: U.S., states and counties
    Time Period: Primarily 2000 and 2002 with some data from selected years beginning 1960 and some as current as 2005.

    Business

    Michigan

    Detroit Renaissance Zones
    http://medc.michigan.org/services/sitedevelopment/renzone/WayneCounty/

    Description of Detroit's 14 renaissance zones. Wayne State University provides an excellent map of tracts in Renaissance Zones at http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/maps/Det-empzone-2000-HU.pdf.

    Michigan County Profiles.
    http://medc.michigan.org/miinfo/places/

    Extensive descriptive and statistical information on Michigan's 83 counties. Geography, current labor force data, transportation lines, earnings by industry and selected occupation, number of industrial establishments, names of banks, colleges, major employers and utilities. Hospitals are listed in terms of numbers and beds and also as major employers.

    Geographic Area: Michigan counties
    Time Period: Current issue includes data from various dates

    National

    County Business Patterns
    (http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml)

    Number of establishments, employees and payrolls in various private medical clinics (SIC 801-805) and hospitals (806) by county or zip code, 1998-2003.

    Geographic Area: State, county, zip code.
    Time Period: 1998-2003

    Economic Census: 2002 (http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/guide/geosumm.htm

    The Geographic Area Reports of the 2002 Economic Census usually provide state, county and city data by very small industry group. Private health care clinics appears in the Health Care and Social Assistance section. Data is available both through this link and through American Factfinder [http://factfinder.census.gov/] The zip code reports will not be published until later in 2006 so use County Business Patterns [http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml] instead.

    Geographic Area: Nation , states, counties and large cities.
    Time Period: 2002

    Yellow Pages
    http://www.yellowpages.com/

    Search by city and type of business or church.

    Crime

    Michigan

    Detroit Police Department
    Doc. Cen. HV 7595 .D6 A23 - http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/police/default.htm

    The CompStat section has citywide data by type of crime for about then years. For tract level data use Wayne State University's Detroit Crime Barometer, October 2005 at: http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Detroit%20Crime%20Barometer%20October%202005.pdf. Taking Stock of Neighborhoods [http://gis.culma.wayne.edu/] is being reconfigured to ultimately provide interactive mapping. See the Michigan Uniform Crime Report [http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1645_3501_4621---,00.html] for Detroit arrests by crime, age, race, and sex.

    National

    Uniform Crime Reports
    http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

    Full text of national, state, and place (10,000+ population) in Adobe Acrobat format. Preliminary data for the nation and places of 100,000 or more in text (ASCII)format.

    Employment

    Michigan

    Michigan Local Area Unemployment Statistics
    (http://www.milmi.org/cgi/dataanalysis/AreaSelection.asp?tableName=Labforce)

    Monthly employment and unemployment for counties and subcounty areas since 1990.

    Geographic Area:Michigan and counties
    Time Period: Monthly since 1990

    Michigan County Profiles
    http://medc.michigan.org/miinfo/places/

    Extensive descriptive and statistical information on Michigan's 83 counties. Geography, current labor force data, transportation lines, earnings by industry and selected occupation, number of industrial establishments, names of banks, colleges, major employers and utilities. Hospitals are listed in terms of numbers and beds and also as major employers.

    Geographic Area: Michigan counties
    Time Period: Current issue includes data from various dates

    National

    Local Area Unemployment Statistics
    http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?la

    State, county, and city employment and unemployment numbers as well as unemployment rates by month since 1990.

    Environment

    National

    Chemical Scorecard/Environmental Defense Fund
    http://www.scorecard.org/ranking/

    Ranks states, counties and zip codes by amount of chemical pollution. The top 100 counties and zip codes are ranked for both the U.S. and individual states. Click on area to obtain data on pollution by chemical or health effect. Includes maps of an area and reports on individual polluters. Lists street address and zip code of facility. Example of map

    Geographic Area: U.S., states, counties, and zip codes.
    Time Period: Current.

    Superfund National Priorities List
    http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm

    EPA's priorities for toxic waste cleanup. Click on state maps to identify concentrations of polluters. Example. By clicking on a symbol, you can obtain background information on the polluter. You can also search the data by address, zip code, or type of problem. The resulting maps (example) provide streets but not street names. Links to the individual polluter.

    Geographic Area: U.S., city, zip code.
    Time Period: Current.

    Ethnic Communities

    Hispanic Community in Metropolitan Detroit
    http://web.archive.org/web/20050830203634/http://comnet.org/hispanic/

    Demographics and maps of the Hispanic community in Southeast Michigan as well as cultural values and public policy issues. Includes directories of Hispanic organizations (professional, cultural, health) and churches as well as museums and training programs. Prepared by United Way of Southeastern Michigan and Michigan Comnet.

    Mosaic of Middle Eastern Communities Metropolitan Detroit
    http://web.archive.org/web/20050105144729/comnet.org/mecs/

    The report describes the difficulty in defining the community and public policy issues. Maps locate individual middle eastern communities (Lebanese, Iraqi) and social service organizations.

    Government

    Michigan

    Detroit
    http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/

    Main page links directly to police and fire precincts, libraries, and the municipal code. Links to city departments are at the top and city council at the bottom.

    Detroit Municipal Code
    http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=10649&sid=22

    Current city laws arranged by chapter.

    National

    Municipal Codes
    http://www.municode.com/resources/online%20Library.asp

    Full text of city codes and zoning ordinances for numerous places in the country. The Detroit code is available at http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=10649&sid=22

    Piper State and Local Government on the Net
    http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

    Most reliable list of local government web sites arranged by state.

    Health

    Michigan

    American Hospital Directory.
    (http://www.ahd.com/)

    Search for hospitals by name, state, city, or three-digit zip code. Free data includes Medicare data on disease treated by type for individual hospitals. More detail available through license.

    Geographic Area: Individual hospitals.
    Time Period: Current

    Detroit Health and Wellness Promotion Department
    http://www.dethealth.org/

    Statistics previously published by this agency are no longer available on the web. Primarily devoted to disease prevention and reporting. Use Michigan Community Health Indicators [http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/chi/index.asp] for city data.

    Geographic Area: City of Detroit
    Time Period: Current

    Michigan Community Health Indicators
    http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/chi/index.asp

    County profiles provide marriage, divorce, and birth statistics, the latter by race and for mothers under 18. Also covers nursing care facilities, preventable hospitalizations and communicable diseases.

    Geographic Area: Michigan, health regions, county.
    Time Period: Current

    Michigan Critical Health Indicators
    ( http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132--17501--,00.html)

    Textual report compares Michigan with the nation on mortality causes and health risk behaviors (overweight, smoking). Some factsheets have county maps.

    Geographic Area: U.S., Michigan and some county data.
    Time Period: Primarily current with some data back to 1982.

    Michigan Traffic Crash Facts (UMTRI)
    ( http://www.michigantrafficcrashfacts.org/index.htm

    Annual county and community traffic accidents by age of driver and victim, cause of accident, severity, alcohol use, and seat belt use.

    Geographic Area: Michigan, county and city data.
    Time Period: Current.

    Preventable Hospitalizations
    http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/chi/hosp/frame.html

    Preventable hospitalizations by age, 1991-98, by type: congestive heart failure, bacterial pneumonia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary, kidney/urinary infections, dehydration, cellulitis, diabetes, angina, convulsions, all other.

    Use the lefthand frame. Click on Community Trends/Your County. At the next frame, click on the second line, You can also select a county. Choose a county from the box and click on View. Then select a leading diagnosis.

    Geographic Area: Michigan and County.
    Time Period: 1991-2002.

    National

    American Hospital Directory.
    (http://www.ahd.com/)

    Search for hospitals by name, state, city, or three-digit zip code. Free data includes Medicare data on disease treated by type for individual hospitals. More detail available through license.

    Geographic Area: Individual hospitals.
    Time Period: Current

    CDC Wonder. (http://wonder.cdc.gov/)

    Subjects include mortality, natality, AIDS, STDs, fluoridation, Census. Some data broken down by state or local area (e.g. death of black women by age and county and disease) or American Indian (leading causes of death, cancer, AIDS, natality, tuberculosis.
    Geographic Area: U.S., states, and counties.
    Time Period: 1979 to present.

    Income and Poverty

    Michigan

    Assistance Payments Statistics. (Doc.Cen. HV 86 .M5)

    Monthly data on people and social assistance payments by type and county. The most current month's data is also on the web at http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5458_7696_10830---,00.html

    Geographic Area: Michigan and counties
    Time Period: Monthly, 1980s to present.

    National

    American Community Survey
    http://factfinder.census.gov/

    Enter through DATA SETS/AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY/2005 SURVEY/DETAILED TABLES. Choose place (Detroit or other place) and do a keyword search to identify income and poverty estimates. Place level is the lowest unit of geography for these updates.

    CACI Sourcebook of Demographics for Every Zip Code
    (Doc. Cen. HA 203 .S661 - Stat. Ref.)

    Annual estimates and projections of households, race, age, sex, and household income for zip codes.

    Demographics USA
    (Documents Center Microfiche SRI)

    Current population estimates and projections, occupation, employment by industry, and sales. Microfiche only.

    States: SRI Fiche C1200-2
    Cities: SRI Fiche C1200-7
    Zip Codes: SRI Fiche C1200-6

    Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Census Reports
    (http://www.ffiec.gov/webcensus/ffieccensus.htm)

    Choose state and then county or MSA. Reports provide estimated family income data for the current year (e.g. 2005) by Census tract number with a comparison to 2000 data and a ranking (low, middle, moderate, etc.). Most of the remaining data comes from the 2000 Census. Reports meant to monitor fairness in granting mortgages.

    Newspapers

    Michigan

    Ann Arbor News
    http://mlive.com/aanews/

    Free news articles for past 14 days. The full text since July 1, 2004 is available to University of Michigan users through Newsbank, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=AARB

    Detroit News
    http://www.detnews.com/

    Selected articles only. The full text since 1999 is available to University of Michigan users through Newsbank, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=DTNB

    Detroit Free Press
    http://www.freep.com/

    Selected articles only. The full text since 1982 is available to University of Michigan users through Newsbank, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=DFPB

    National

    Access World News
    http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=AWNB

    Index and full text of 600 U.S. Newspapers, roughly since 1999.

    Lexis-Nexis Universe
    http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

    Use Guided News Search/U.S. News for the full text of numerous U.S. newspapers since the mid-1990s.

    Politics

    Michigan

    Detroit City Council
    http://www3.ci. detroit.mi.us/legislative/CityCouncil/Default.htm

    Rules of the council and biographies of council members. Extensive list of city services for neighborhoods. See also Newspapers.

    National

    Almanac of American Politics
    http://nationaljournal.com/ubs/almanac

    Information about Detroit's representatives to Congress includes election data, lobby group ratings, effectiveness, and political descriptions of their districts. See also Newspapers.

    Population Estimates

    Michigan

    Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
    (http://www.semcog.org/)

    County and city census data and updates for Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties. Estimates and projections of population and housing, jobs. Land use summaries and residential construction.

    National

    CACI Sourcebook of Demographics for Every Zip Code
    (Doc. Cen. HA 203 .S661 - Stat. Ref.)

    Annual estimates and projections of households, race, age, sex, and household income for zip codes.

    Census Bureau Population Estimates
    http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

    Annual county population estimates by age, race and sex. Includes births, deaths, international, and domestic migration. Use top menu to access city and township estimates for total population.

    Demographics USA
    (Documents Center Microfiche SRI)

    Current population estimates and projections, occupation, employment by industry, and sales. Microfiche only.

    States: SRI Fiche C1200-2
    Cities: SRI Fiche C1200-7
    Zip Codes: SRI Fiche C1200-6

    Quality of Life

    Best Places Net
    http://www.bestplaces.net/default.aspx

    Compare two U.S. cities by crime, housing, economic, education, health and climate factors.

    Best Places to Live (Money Magazine)
    http://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/

    Ranks 300 cities to live by economy, health, crime, housing, education, weather,leisure, transit, arts. City pages include a description and relocation information as well as statistical data on the quality of life and the cost of living. Interactive interface permits the user to create own rankings.

    Cost of Living Index. (American Chamber of Commerce)
    Doc.Cen. HD 6983 .A67

    Compares total costs between urban areas with component data ongroceries, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods. 100=average so 1.25 would indicate an urban area was 25% more expensive than average. Individual prices for various goods and services also given Participation in the program is voluntary so not all urban areas are included.

    Libraries

    Michigan Library Directory [http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/isapi/4disapi.dll/directory/search.html] is a searchable directory of libraries in the state and links to their home pages. Libweb [http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/] is a directory of library web pages around the country. The American Library Directory [Grad and Undergrad Reference Z 731 .A513] describes individual library collections and personnel in the United States and Canada.

    Virtual Relocation
    http://www.moving.com/Find_a_Place/Cityprofile/

    Compares cost of living index (100=average) between any two of 800 U.S. cities. Includes comparisons on 2000 square foot homes, property and sales taxes, income tax, median household income, crime, education, auto insurance and the weather.

    Religion

    American Religion Data Archive
    http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/

    Access church membership by county for 2000.

    Geographic Area: Counties
    Time Period: 1952-20000

    Smart Pages
    http://www.yellowpages.com/

    Search by city and type of business or church.

    Schools

    Michigan

    Detroit Public Schools
    http://www.detroit.k12.mi.us/index.shtml

    Description of 2007 proposed school closings. School attendance districts and MEAP scores.

    National

    National Public School Locator
    http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/

    Locate individual elementary or secondary schools or school districts by name, district, telephone number, or enrollment. Data includes location, number of teachers and students, student/teacher ratio, students by grade and ethnicity/race. Separate search engine for school districts.

    Standard and Poor's School Evaluation Service
    http://www.schoolmatters.com/

    Evaluates individual schools and school districts. Factors include state test scores, drop-out rates, students per staff, school size, school building, financing, and demographics. Compares individual districts to the county and state. Temporarily down, February 2004

    Social Services

    Southwest Detroit

    Inside Southwest Detroit
    http://www.insidesouthwest.com/

    Virtual tour of the area, culture, and historic buildings.

    Southwest Counseling and Development Services
    http://www.swcds.org/

    Offers mental health services to the area.

    Southwest Detroit Business Association
    http://www.southwestdetroit.com/

    Lists area businesses by subject and includes future business development plans.

    Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision
    http://www.sdevonline.org/

    Organization fights toxic dumping, programs to green the schoolyards.

    Tracts for Community Services

    NameAddressTract Number
    New St. Paul Tabernacle15362 Southfield
    Detroit 48223
    5422
    Bagley Elementary School8100 Curtis
    Detroit 48221
    5386
    Latino Family Services3815 W. Fort Street
    Detroit 48216
    5235
    Delray Neighborhood House420 Leigh
    Detroit 48209
    5237
    Delray United Action Council7914 W. Jefferson
    Detroit 48209
    5236

    Detroit

    United Way of Southeast Michigan
    http://www.uwsem.org/insideuw/agencies.html

    Alphabetical list of social services, a brief description, and telephone number.

    National

    Associations Unlimited
    http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/AU?locID=umuser

    Do a CUSTOM SEARCH by city and the subject heading "Social Welfare Organizations."

    Transportation

    Michigan

    Bus Schedules
    http://www.detroitmi.gov/ddot/index.html

    Detroit bus routes and schedules in pdf format.

    National

    Census Data
    http://factfinder.census.gov

    See Detailed Tables/Summary File 3. Vehicles available appears in tables H44, H45, and HCT33. Commuting to work appears in P30-35 and PCT65.

    STATISTICAL INDEXES

    Statistical Abstract of the United States.
    (Doc. Cen. HA 202) http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

    Compendium of government and non-government statistics, primarily on the national and state levels. Population and vital statistics, health, economics, education, manufacturing, natural resources, transportation. Full text available in Adobe Acrobat format retrievable by chapter. State rankings and state/county profiles in HTML format.A searchable copy with individual tables in gif, xls and csv format is available through Statistical Universe. Historical pdf versions of Statistical Abstract are available from the Census Bureau web site for 1878-1929, 1953-58, and 1995+

    Geographic Area: U.S. and states.

    Time Period: Current volume at various years since 1960.

    FedStats.
    http://www.fedstats.gov/

    Comprehensive listing to statistical programs of over 70 federal government agencies. Arranged by agency or program; includes explanatory material and contacts. Search engine indexes individual statistical tables by keyword or agency and provides direct connection

    Geographic Area: All levels.
    Time Period: Varies.

    Statistical Resources on the Web.
    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html)

    Annotated guide to government and non-government web sites at a national and international level. Covers agriculture, energy, environment, demographic, and economics. Indicates substate geography when available.

    Geographic Area International, Foreign, United States with some state and local.
    Time Period: Primarily 1993+

    Statistical Universe.
    http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv/ (U Mich Only)

    Indexes federal government statistical tables since 1974, business and state government publications since 1980, and international agency publications since 1983. Keyword approach includes category searches (by type of geographic area, economic factor, or demographic characteristic). Only about 10% of the publications are linked via the Internet. All publications are available on microfiche in the Documents Center.

    Geographic Area: Foreign, international, U.S., state, county, city, census tract, zip code, block group.
    Time Period: Primarily 1973+

    REFERENCE TOOLS

    Citation Sources for Census and Online Data

    Excel for Census Data Users
    (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/excel/xlguide.pdf

    Illustrated guide to using Excel, including transposing rows and columns, ranking and filtering data, converting Adobe Acrobat files into Excel.

    Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
    The University of Michigan Library
    govdocs@umich.edu

    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/compsych.html

    Since February 16, 2007 this page has been accessed


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