American Factfinder and Census 2000

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American Factfinder and Census 2000

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Exercise 1http//factfinder.census.gov

• Using Reference Maps, search your home address to
  determine census tract, block group and block
  number in 2000.

HINTS 1. Choose Reference Maps 2. Change
Selections/Geography 3. Change to Address
Searching and Type Address 4. Highlight BLOCK
GROUP and SHOW MAP
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Exercise 2http//factfinder.census.gov

• Using Data Sets and Census 2000 Summary File 1,
  find a geographic comparison table showing the
  percentage of Hispanics by county within Michigan.

HINTS 1. Choose Data Sets and click once on
Census 2000 Summary Files 1 box. 2. Click on
Geographic Comparison Tables. 3. Change level to
Nation to State. Wait for pop-up menus on state
name. Choose Michigan. Then State-County.
NEXT. 4. Choose the obvious table and SHOW TABLE.
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Exercise 3http//factfinder.census.gov

• Using Data Sets and Census 2000 Summary File 1,
  find a detailed table showing median age for the
  population by census tract in Oakland County.
  Then add the Oakland County total to the table.

HINTS 1. Choose Data Sets/Census 2000 Summary
File 1. 2. Click on Detailed Tables. 3. Change
level to census tract. Wait for pop-up menus.
Choose all tracts. NEXT. 4. Change Detailed
Tables menu from List of All Tables to Keyword
Search. Search median age. Highlight obvious
table and ADD. 5. Once you have first table,
CHANGE SELECTIONS/GEOGRAPHY. 6. Choose COUNTY
level for new geography, then Oakland. ADD
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Exercise 4http//factfinder.census.gov

• Using Data Sets, Census 2000 Supplementary File
  and the 1990 Summary File 3, determine the rise
  in gross median rent in Washtenaw County between
  1990 and 2000.

• HINTS
• Choose Data Sets/Census 2000 Supplementary File,
  Detailed Tables.
• Choose county level, Michigan, Washtenaw, ADD,
  NEXT.
• 3. Click on Keyword. Search median gross rent.
  Highlight table and select. SHOW Table.
• 4. Write down data. Then CHANGE SELECTIONS/Data
  Set.
• 5. Accept Washtenaw County by pressing NEXT.
• 6. Change to keyword searching. Search median
  gross rent. Highlight table and ADD. SHOW TABLE.

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Exercise 7http//factfinder.census.gov

• Using Thematic Maps and Summary File 1, create a
  map showing the percentage of persons under 18 by
  census tract in Wayne County in 2000.

HINTS 1. Choose Thematic Maps. 2. Change to
Summary File 1 Data Set if necessary. 3. Choose
county level for geography even though your goal
is tract. 4. You can choose your theme by
subject or list all themes. 5. Your initial map
will show county subdivisions but you can change
it to census tracts using the pulldown menu.
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Exercise 8http//factfinder.census.gov

• Using Keyword Searching, find a 1990 table that
  shows poverty status by age in Washtenaw County
  by census tract. Then find a thematic map that
  shows the percent of families and persons in
  poverty in Washtenaw County.

HINTS 1. Type the word poverty in the keyword
box. 2. Browse down the search results to 1990
Summary File 3. 3. Click on MORE to expand the
list and then choose the table. 4. Choose all
tracts for Washtenaw County and ADD. You may need
to remove the nation. 5. After your table
appears, click on RELATED ITEMS to choose a
thematic map on poverty. 6. If the map shows a
county other than Washtenaw, change it using the
LIST GEOGRAPHY method.
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Table of Contents
Part 1 Census Questionnaire and Geography
Part 2 Reference Maps Part 3 Data Sets,
Geographic Comparison Tables Part 4 Detailed
Tables, Modifying Spreadsheets Part 5 List of
All Tables, Multiple Geographic Levels, Other
Data Sets in Factfinder Part 6 Thematic Maps,
Place Name and Keyword Searching Part 7
Geocodes, CD-ROMS and DVDs, Census Help