Population

HousingIn cities and towns across the country, community leaders

use census numbers to decide where to

locate police and fire stations and other

public services. The census helps local

government and community

organizations to locate facilities, such as day-care centers,

senior citizen community centers, health-care clinics

and even playgrounds

Summary File – 1

The Census QuestionnaireThe Census Questionnaire

• 100% data or short form– 7 questions

• Sample data or long form– 34 topics

What Data Will Be Available?What Data Will Be Available?

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

Summary File 1 (SF 1)Summary File 1 (SF 1)

• 100 percent or short-form data– Population– Housing

• Counts, characteristics, and cross-tabulations

• State files released on a flow basis• National files

Subject Content Subject Content

– 171 Population tables (P) at the block level

– 56 Housing tables (H) at the block level

– 59 Population tables (PCT) at the census tract level

286 Tables

100-Percent Data

Geographic ContentGeographic Content

• Individual files– 50 States– District of Columbia– Puerto Rico– United States

Statistical AreasStatistical Areas

• Census Tracts– Cover the entire

U.S.• Census Blocks

– Smallest geographic area

Geographic Hierarchy

Geographic Levels - State FilesGeographic Levels - State Files

State County County subdivision Place (or place part) Census tract Block group Block

• State portion of American Indian and Alaska Native Area (with trust lands and with no trust lands) and Hawaiian home land

Geographic Levels - State FilesGeographic Levels - State Files

Place Census tract Block group Congressional district (106th) Consolidate city Metropolitan area Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)

Geographic Levels - National FilesGeographic Levels - National Files

United StatesRegionDivisionState County County subdivision (10,000 or more population) Place (10,000 or more population)Metropolitan statistical area/Consolidated metropolitan statistical area (MSA/CMSA) Consolidated metropolitan statistical area/Primary metropolitan statistical area (CMSA/PMSA)Urban area (Final file only)Congressional district (106th Congress)American Indian and Alaska Native Area and Hawaiian home landZIP Code tabulation area (ZCTA)

Race and Ethnic Detail Race and Ethnic Detail Block LevelBlock Level

• Total population• White• Black or African American• American Indian and Alaska Native • Asian• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander• Some other race• Two or more races• Hispanic or Latino• White, not Hispanic or Latino

Examples of SF1 TabulationsExamples of SF1 Tabulations

• P1 Total population• P3 Race• P8 Hispanic or Latino• P12 Sex by Age (5-year groupings)• P14 Sex by Age for the population

under 20 (single years of age)• P15 Households• P17 Average Household Size

Examples of SF1 TabulationsExamples of SF1 Tabulations

• P27 - P30 — Relationship by Household Type

• P31 - P36 — Families

• P37 - P38 — Group Quarters Population

Housing Subjects - Block LevelHousing Subjects - Block Level

• Presented to the block level– Total population– Repeated by Race and Hispanic or Latino

Examples of SF1 TabulationsExamples of SF1 Tabulations

Housing Tabulations

Housing Units

Occupancy Status

Owner-/Renter-Occupied

Tenure by Race, by Hispanic or Latino

SF1 RepeatingSF1 RepeatingTabulationsTabulations

5-year groupings

Population Subjects - Tract LevelPopulation Subjects - Tract Level

• Summarized to the census tract level– Detailed race

– Detailed Hispanic/Latino

– Group quarters population

– Households

36 American Indian Categories36 American Indian Categories

Apache Delaware PotawatomiBlackfeet Houma PuebloCherokee Iroquois Puget Sound SalishCheyenne Kiowa SeminoleChickasaw *Latin American ShoshoneChippewa Lumbee SiouxChoctaw Menominee Tohomo O’OdhamColville Navajo UteComanche Osage YakamaCree Ottawa YaquiCreek Paiute YumanCrow Pima All other categories

*Aztec, Inca, Mayan, etc.

5 Alaska Native Categories5 Alaska Native Categories

Alaska AthabaskanAleutEskimoTlingit-HaidaAll other tribes

17 Detailed Asian Categories:17 Detailed Asian Categories:

Asian Indian LaotianBangladeshi MalaysianCambodian PakistaniChinese, except Taiwanese Sri LankanFilipino TaiwaneseHmong ThaiIndonesian VietnameseJapanese Other AsianKorean

12 Detailed Native Hawaiian and 12 Detailed Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Categories:Pacific Islander Categories:

Polynesian: Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian

Micronesian: Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian

Melanesian Fijian Other Melanesian

Other Pacific Islander

28 Hispanic or Latino Categories28 Hispanic or Latino Categories

Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Dominican

Central American: Costa Rican Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian Salvadoran Other Central American

South American: Argentinean Bolivian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Paraguayan Peruvian Uruguayan Venezuelan Other South American

Other Hispanic or Latino: Spaniard Spanish Spanish American Hispanic or Latino

Group Quarters PopulationGroup Quarters Population

• Institutionalized populations– Correctional institutions– Nursing homes– Other institutions

• Noninstitutionalized populations– College dormitories– Military quarters– Other noninstitutional group quarters

Group Quarters TabulationsGroup Quarters Tabulations

• By sex • By age

– Under 18 years

– 18-64 years

– 65 years and over

• By group quarters type– Correctional institution

– Nursing homes

– Other

• By race and Hispanic/Latino

Data AccessibilityData AccessibilityMedia Type: FTP vs AFF vs CD-ROM and DVD

FTP AFF CD-ROM/DVD

Difficulty High Low LowCost No No YesUser Level High All AllSpeed Variable Variable HighConnect Issues Possible Possible UnlikelyDownload limits None 5 MB CD sizeGraphical User Interface None Yes Yes

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)– For downloading complete dataset files– Available at http://ftp2.census.gov

American FactFinderAmerican FactFinder• www.census.gov (click on A or American FactFinder)

• factfinder.census.gov

American FactFinderAmerican FactFinder

• Quick Tables• Geographic

Comparison Tables

• Detailed Tables

CD-ROM and DVDCD-ROM and DVD

• Data provided on CD-ROM and DVD, with software to view, print, download items

• SF-1 data publicly accessible on www.census.gov

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