American Factfinder -- Population,
housing, economic and geographic information from the 1990 and 2000 Censuses.
Continues to change weekly as new counts are released.
Washington State
Very
basic Washington data (.pdf format) -- from the "short form" or 100% data,
known as "Summary File 1".
Detailed Washington
data (.pdf format) -- from the "long form" or sample data, known as "Summary
File 3". (From the Washington State Office of Financial Management.) Scroll
down through the list to select a city, county, reservation, etc. -- each
is a four-page .pdf file. Find similar four-page profiles for the rest of
the United States at http://censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtml.
Population counts for Washington
counties, cities and towns (.pdf format) -- Includes age, sex, race, Hispanic
origin, and household characteristics as part of the "Profiles of General
Demographic Characteristics" (DP-1) series. Note that this is a 617-page file
in .pdf format (not good on slow computers). Another
view of county profiles is available from the Washington Office of Financial
Management (ascii and .pdf available).
Data
and Maps for Seattle are supplied by Seattle.gov.
Population counts for King,
Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish County census tracts (.pdf format) -- Includes
total population, race and Hispanic origin only, from the Puget
Sound Regional Council. You must know your tract number; online
tract maps (.pdf format) are available (these are easy to navigate if
you open the file, then adjust the zoom to 400% -- look in lower left corner
of Adobe Acrobat screen). Some researchers prefer to use the Reference
Maps available from American Factfinder, which require zooming in through
several layers.
Top
Fifteen -- Washington State (.pdf format) -- Population rankings for the
fifteen most populous counties and cities in Washington State.
Racial
breakdowns -- Washington State (.pdf format) -- Scroll down to "Redistricting
Data (P.L. 94-171)" to see figures for racial composition (single race or
combination of races).
United States
Census 2000 -- The
Official Census 2000 page from the Census Bureau
United
States data (.pdf format) -- The most up-to-date Census figures for the
U.S. as a whole (very basic numbers).
Population counts for any
state, county, city or town -- First choose your state from the list,
then select the .pdf file (unless you wish to import the zipped file into
a spreadsheet such as Excel for statistical manipulation and/or reformatting).
Includes age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, and household characteristics as
part of the "Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics" (DP-1) series.
Geographic files for use with GIS
Cartographic Boundary Files may be downloaded from http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/.
The boundary files available here are selected generalized extracts from the
Census Bureau's TIGER geographic database and are designed for use in a Geographic
Information System (GIS) or similar mapping system. They are not map images.
CensusCD
2000 is a CD-ROM allowing users to create customized reports and maps
down to the block group level, around a central geographic point, or for an
array of areas simultaneously. This resource may be requested at either the
Government Publications or Maps desks and is filed under call number HA201.122
.C462 2002 (long form data) or HA201.122 .C46 2002 (short form data) . An
additional product, StreetCD
2000, is available in Maps, allowing users to select, report, and map
data by county or Census blocks. Both resources are produced by a private
company, Geolytics, Inc., and data may not be repackaged or republished.
Other Census-related sites
Center for Social
Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) -- Census 2000
Columbia
University Documents Service Center -- Decennial Census Information in
the 2000 Census
Puget Sound Regional
Council -- Census 2000
University of California,
Berkeley Government & Social Science Information -- Census 2000
University of Michigan Documents Center -- Census 2000
University
of North Texas Government Information Connection -- Census information
Washington State Office
of Financial Management (OFM) -- Excellent site providing all Summary
File 1 (SF1) data for Washington State, providing users with the ability to
download data to the block level. Wherever possible, files are available in
.pdf and Excel format. Also includes OFM's custom-produced data tables, maps
and charts.
NOTE: In order to view.pdf files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader(R).
Refer to the Adobe
site to learn more about installing this program on your computer.
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