Decennial Census data is available from a variety of resources, however you may want to consult the Technical documentation for the Census, including the survey instruments and questionnaires for all censuses since 1790.
I am in a hurry: Social Explorer
- What can you get - Social Explorer contains variable summaries from every census from 1790 (there are other data resources available as well)
- What works well - Social Explorer has a relatively easy interface and table builder for creating data extracts. There is also a map based data browse interface for data exploration and simple map making.
- What does not work well - Not all variables and crosstabs are availabe from the category browser.
Advanced search from data.census.gov
- What can you get - Variable summaries and crosstabs for all geogroahies for censuses starting in 2000
- What works well - Contains cross tabs and pre-made tables of popular variables. Free for all to use.
- What does not work well - Interface can be difficult to use, limited number of surveys available.
NHGIS
- What can you get - Variable summaries from every census from 1790 at a wide variety of geographies.
- What works well - Relatively easy to use table table builder. Can build tables for a variety of years at once. Free for all to use.
- What does not work well - Not all variables and crosstabs are availabe from the category browser.
Diversity and Disparities
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