New Decennial Census Resources

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New Decennial Census Resources

• Ray C. Walling
• Summer 2007
• Government Documents Intern
• Numeric and Spatial Data Intern

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New Decennial Census Resources

• Part I New Resources Available

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Decennial Census Resources

• New resources include
• The Decennial Census Question Database
• The UMich Census Inventories
• The Block Report City Coverage Aid
• The Decennial Census Variable Database

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Decennial Census Question Database (review)

• Census Coverage 1790-2000
• Purpose To help librarians/patrons figure out
  whether a question was asked on a particular
  decennial census.
• Browse Questions by Date, 2000 equivalent, or tag
• Also includes background information
• URLhttp//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/hiscen/cqdb.x
  ls

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Possible Question 1

• What questions were asked for the 1790 census
• Answer .

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Possible Question 2

• Were questions ever asked about building
  materials for houses? If so when?
• Answer

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Possible Question 3

• I noticed there was a question in the 2000
  census about when buildings were built, when was
  this first asked.
• Answer

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City Block Coverage Aid

• Census Coverage 1940-1980
• Purpose To help librarians/patrons figure out
  whether a city had block coverage for a
  particular decennial census.
• Includes report numbers for each decade and a
  highlighted box if it is covered in that decade.
• URLhttp//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/hiscen/bloc40
  80.xls

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Possible Question 4

• I am doing research on housing characteristics
  of a certain neighborhood of Anchorage, AK is
  there anyway to find details for any decade
  within the last 50 years?
• Answer .

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UMich Census Inventories

• Census Coverage 1790-1990
• Purposes
• To help librarians and patrons find where
  resources are available (online, print,
  microformats, cds, etc.)
• To catalogue additional online resources
• URLhttp//www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/hiscen/cen
  (ex. cen1940)

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Possible Question 5

• The print volume of the 1950 Census Volume
  2-Alabama Section is missing, is there another
  place I can search?
• Answer

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New Decennial Census Resources

• Part II Real example of the use of these
  resources.

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From the Patron

• I need to find general information about
  housing characteristics for neighborhoods in
  Chattanooga, TN for 1950Where can I look?
• - Patron Question, July 2007

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Reference Interview

• Is there a particular piece of information that
  would be useful for your research? Or even an
  example of a statistic you are looking for?
• Im looking for all sorts of statistics but for
  instance, I would like to know average rent in
  certain parts of the city?

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Thinking Process

• Is this information available for the 1950
  census?
• Is Chattanooga covered in block statistics
  volumes?
• What is the quickest way to get this information
  for the patron.

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Steps

• Find out if question is asked
• Find out if block coverage is available
• Find out where the patron can access this
  information

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Steps

• Find out if question is asked
• Find out if block coverage is available
• Find out where the patron can access this
  information

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Steps

• Find out if question is asked
• Find out if block coverage is available
• Find out where the patron can access this
  information

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New Decennial Census Resources

• Part III Coming Soon!

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Decennial Census Variable Database

• Census Coverage 1790-2000
• Purpose To help librarians/patrons figure out
  what statistics, variables, tables, and maps are
  available through online resources.
• Includes information on online resource, type of
  information (stat, variable, etc.),
  Concept/Variable Name, Possible Divisions, Tags,
  and Geographies available
• Will be available Spring 2008.

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New Decennial Census Resources

• Part IV Any Questions?