1. Mark Tebeau Cleveland State University October 2008 United States Census

2. Census Links Historical Census Browser  http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ Historical Census Statistics: Immigration  http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/t wps0029.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/t wps0029.html Selected Reports  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm  http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html Measuring America  http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf Statistical Abstracts  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html Cleveland Immigration  http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM Sample Assignment:  http://urbanhumanist.org/2008/11/03/united-states-census/ http://urbanhumanist.org/2008/11/03/united-states-census/

3. The Census Why the Census?  House of Representatives  Electoral College  Taxation  Federal Disbursements Teaching the Census  Quantitative Literacy  Charts, Graphs, & Maps  History Lessons Embedded  Crosses 8 th & 10 th grade curriculum

4. Historical Census Browser  http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ By Decade By Category No city, community, or individual-level data

5. Levels of Analysis A Cross Sectional Look at the 1910 Census Levels of Analysis  National Data  State-level Data  County Level Data

6. Techniques How to evaluate the data  Absolute Numbers  Percentages  Maps

7. Categories of Analysis w/in Population Sex Race National Origin Family Urban verse rural Commercial Housing

9. History Lessons Counting African Americans & Immigrants  Through the Civil War  Slaves 1790-1860  Free Colored 1830-1860  1870-1880  Colored  Native vs. foreign-born  Chinese  1890-1960  Negro  Native vs. foreign-born  Nationality

10. Analysis Tables Maps Comparison: Extant Census Reports Comparison: Census Data

11. Census Links Historical Census Browser  http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ Historical Census Statistics: Immigration  http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029 /twps0029.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029 /twps0029.html Selected Reports  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm Selected Reports  http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.ht ml http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.ht ml Measuring America  http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf Statistical Abstracts  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html Cleveland Immigration  http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM

12. Supporting Sources Margo Anderson  The American Census: A Social History (1990)  Who Counts: The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America (2001)  Encyclopedia of the United States Census (2000) Individual-level Data  IPUMS: http://usa.ipums.org/usa/http://usa.ipums.org/usa/

13. Ohio 1850: Distribution, African American (free)

14. 1880 Ohio: Population Distribution

15. Ohio 1880 Manufacturing Establishments--Distribution

16. Ohio 1880: Foreign Born

17. Ohio 1880: Germany & Ireland

18. Ohio 1910: Distribution

19. Ohio 1910: Immigrant

20. Ohio 1910: Race

21. Change Over Time Ohio & Race, 1910-1940

22. Immigration, Migration, and the United States Census Website: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/