1. Population Housing In 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

2. The Census Questionnaire 100% data or short form –7 questions Sample data or long form –34 topics

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Geographic Content Individual files –50 States –District of Columbia –Puerto Rico –United States

7. Statistical Areas Census Tracts –Cover the entire U.S. Census Blocks –Smallest geographic area

8. Geographic Hierarchy

9. Geographic 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

10. Geographic Levels - State Files Place Census tract Block group Congressional district (106th) Consolidate city Metropolitan area Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)

11. Geographic Levels - National Files United States Region Division State 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 land ZIP Code tabulation area (ZCTA)

12. Race and Ethnic Detail Block 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

13. Examples of SF1 Tabulations P1 Total population P3Race P8Hispanic or Latino P12Sex by Age (5-year groupings) P14Sex by Age for the population under 20 (single years of age) P15Households P17Average Household Size

14. Examples of SF1 Tabulations P27 - P30 — Relationship by Household Type P31 - P36 — Families P37 - P38 — Group Quarters Population

15. Housing Subjects - Block Level Presented to the block level –Total population –Repeated by Race and Hispanic or Latino

16. Examples of SF1 Tabulations Housing Tabulations Housing Units Occupancy Status Owner-/Renter-Occupied Tenure by Race, by Hispanic or Latino

17. SF1 Repeating Tabulations    5-year groupings

18. Population Subjects - Tract Level Summarized to the census tract level –Detailed race –Detailed Hispanic/Latino –Group quarters population –Households

19. 36 American Indian Categories ApacheDelaware Potawatomi BlackfeetHouma Pueblo CherokeeIroquois Puget Sound Salish CheyenneKiowa Seminole Chickasaw *Latin American Shoshone Chippewa Lumbee Sioux ChoctawMenominee Tohomo O’Odham ColvilleNavajo Ute ComancheOsage Yakama CreeOttawa Yaqui Creek Paiute Yuman Crow Pima All other categories *Aztec, Inca, Mayan, etc.

20. 5 Alaska Native Categories Alaska Athabaskan Aleut Eskimo Tlingit-Haida All other tribes

21. 17 Detailed Asian Categories: Asian IndianLaotian BangladeshiMalaysian CambodianPakistani Chinese, except TaiwaneseSri Lankan Filipino Taiwanese Hmong Thai IndonesianVietnamese JapaneseOther Asian Korean

22. 12 Detailed Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Categories: Polynesian: Native Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Other Polynesian Micronesian: Guamanian or Chamorro Other Micronesian Melanesian Fijian Other Melanesian Other Pacific Islander

23. 28 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

24. Group Quarters Population Institutionalized populations –Correctional institutions –Nursing homes –Other institutions Noninstitutionalized populations –College dormitories –Military quarters –Other noninstitutional group quarters

25. Group 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

26. Data Accessibility Data Accessibility Media Type: FTP vs AFF vs CD-ROM and DVD FTP AFF CD-ROM/DVD DifficultyHighLowLow CostNoNoYes User LevelHighAllAll SpeedVariableVariableHigh Connect IssuesPossiblePossibleUnlikely Download limitsNone5 MB CD size Graphical User Interface NoneYesYes

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

28. American FactFinder www.census.gov (click on A or American FactFinder) factfinder.census.gov

29. American FactFinder Quick Tables Geographic Comparison Tables Detailed Tables

30. CD-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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