Data Access Tools
The American FactFinder
- This interactive application supports the Economic
Census, the American Community Survey, the 1990 Census, Census 2000 and
the latest Population Estimates.
Interactive Internet Tools
- Censtats
- Applications available include: Census Tract Street Locator, County Business Patterns, Zip Business
Patterns, International Trade Data, and more.
- QuickFacts -
State and County QuickFacts provides frequently requested Census Bureau information at the national, state, county, and city level.
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Online Mapping Tools - using TIGER and the American FactFinder
- US Gazetteer
- Place name, and ZIP code search engine.
- DataFerrett
is a tool and data librarian that searches and
retrieves data across federal, state, and local
surveys, executes customized variable recoding, creates complex
tabulations and business graphics. Current Population Survey, Survey of
Income and Program Participation, American Community Survey, American
Housing Survey, Small Area Income Poverty Estimates, Population Estimates,
Economic Census Areawide Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
data, Centers for Disease Control data, and more. [The information
that the Data Extraction System (DES) once provided is now available through
DataFerrett.]
Software to Download
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Extract Software - General purpose data display and extraction tool
that works with Census Bureau CD-ROMs recorded in dBASE format
- (for: IBM-PC's and compatibles with CD-ROM player)
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VPLX Software
- Variance Estimation for Complex Samples (for IBM-PC's and compatibles and UNIX [Sun/Solaris])
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CSPro
(Census and Survey Processing System) is a public-domain software package for entering,
tabulating and mapping census and survey data.
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IMPS software
- The Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS) software performs the
major tasks of census and survey processing.
Direct File Access
- Census 2000 datasets
- Census OUTGOING File Directory
(HTTP or
FTP)
- Pickup files from Census Employees.
- Census INCOMING File Directory (
HTTP or
FTP)
- Files sent to Census Bureau Employees (invisible to non-employees).
Sending Files to the Census Bureau
Access Tools at Other Sites
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Last revised: August 31 2005