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Overview of Access Tools for Aggregate Census Data . Lisa Neidert & Sherry Briske Data Services PSC/ISR http:// www.psc.isr.umich.edu/dis/census/overviewx.html lisan@umich.edu & sbriske@umich.edu @msdrdata. Timely Workshop. Release of 2006-2010 ACS data [Dec 8 th ]
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Overview of Access Tools for Aggregate Census Data Lisa Neidert & Sherry Briske Data Services PSC/ISR http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/dis/census/overviewx.html lisan@umich.edu & sbriske@umich.edu @msdrdata
Timely Workshop • Release of 2006-2010 ACS data [Dec 8th] • Based on 2010 census tract boundaries • Based on 2010 population weights • Geographically referenced data • Not just from the Census Bureau • Understand census geography • Census tract boundary changes • Relationship of census geographies to each other
Arbitrary Typology Access Tools Data Products Geographic Crosswalks GIS Geographic Reference
Demo Items American FactFinder Social Explorer LTDB MABLE/GeoCorr PUMA2County Stephen S. Clark Library ShapeFiles (Census Bureau & NHGIS) Definitions Maps (ACS)