Census Stuff Mike Carr Statistician Michigan Breast and

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Census Stuff Mike Carr Statistician Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program

Census History Mandated by Congress in 1787 and took place in 1790 n Not finished until 1792 n Only 6 questions asked n The only name collected was the head of household’s name n

Census History n Types of information collected began to expand in 1810 n Many census items have became irrelevant and were dropped

Census History n Housing and demographics are the main areas of interest today n A short form and a long form have been developed for the census

Census 2000 Forms Short Form (SF 1) Long Form (SF 3) Does SF stand for “Short Form”? No, it stands for “Summary File”

Census 2000 Forms Short Form (SF 1) n Intended to be a complete count of all persons in the US n About 300 tables with counts and cross tabulations of race, ethnicity, gender, and age n Tables repeated for major race groups and ethnicity

Census 2000 Forms Long Form (SF 3) n 813 tables of socio-economic and housing data n Sent to 1 in 6 Households (17%)

Population Data from the Long Form (SF 3) Ability to speak English Ancestry Citizenship Language spoken at home Place of birth Migration Year of entry Race Hispanic origin Means of transportation to work Time of departure for work Travel time to work Vehicle occupancy Work limitation status Mobility issues Personal care limitation Disability status Age Gender Hours worked Marital status Income by type Military status and service Industry Educational attainment Class of worker School enrollment & type of school Occupation Relationship Place of work Fertility Weeks worked Poverty status Work status

Housing Data from the Long Form (SF 3) Bedrooms Condominium status Contract rent (monthly rent) Cost of utilities and fuels Family income Family, subfamily, & household relationships Farm status and value Fire, hazard, and flood insurance Food Stamps recipient Fuels used Gross rent House heating fuel Household income Household type Kitchen facilities Linguistic isolation Meals included in rent Mortgage status and owner costs Plumbing facilities Presence and age of own children Presence of subfamilies in household Property value Real estate taxes Residence State Rooms Sewage disposal Source of water Telephone in housing unit Tenure (how long in home) Units in structure Vacancy status Vehicles available Year householder moved into unit Year structure built

The Census has a big presence on the Internet so we’ll look for our mapping needs there…

Let’s make a cool map on the Internet from Census data and import it into a GIS project…

Can we do anything useful with Census data?

From www. Census. gov, probably not, but directly from the Summary File 3 files, Yes!

Other than the obvious you will need: 1. “SF 3 to Table” software downloaded and installed 2. The “SF 3 to Table” manual 3. The UF 3 files for Michigan downloaded from census. gov 4. The SF 3 table documentation (at least the part that defines available data)