Exploring the U.S. Census Eugene Turner Department of Geography California State University Northridge

© The Author; Last modified 6 July 2001

Suggested Citation:

Turner, Eugene, 1998. Exploring the U.S. Census. Unpublished Manuscript.

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Table of Contents in Brief

Table of Contents in Detail

Codebook and Data

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Table of Contents in Brief

Preface

Chapter 1. Accessing the Digital Census

Chapter 2. Ranking and Mapping Places

Chapter 3. Analyzing Other Population Characteristics

Chapter 4. Describing the Age of Populations

Chapter 5. Population Growth

Chapter 6. Describing the Relative Locations of Populations

Chapter 7. The Public-use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

Appendices

Figures

Tables

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Table of Contents in Detail

Preface

1. Introduction
2. Organization of the Module
3. Data Sets

Chapter 1. Accessing the Digital Census

1. About the Census
2. Digital Census Data Summary Tape Files
3. Geography in Summary Tape Files Coding Geographic Units - FIPS Codes
4. Public-Use Microdata Sample Files
5. Variables in the Sample Files for This Module

Chapter 2. Ranking and Mapping Places

1. Some Basic Population Data Describing a City
2. Examining a Characteristic in All Cities - Ranking Places
Densely Populated Places

Ethnic Composition

3. Mapping a Distribution
Census Geography

Mapping Counts and Percents

Choropleth Maps

Graduated Symbol Maps

Dot Maps

Mapping with ArcView

Mapping Cities with High Population Density

4. Exercise 1

Chapter 3. Analyzing Other Population Characteristics

1. The Sex Ratio
2. The Location Quotient
Scattergrams

Correlation

Regression

3. Exercise 2

Chapter 4. Describing the Age of Populations

1. Median Age
2. Dependency Ratios
3. Population Pyramids
4. Exercise 3

Chapter 5. Population Growth

1. Describing Population Change
2. The Effect of Migration and Residential Mobility on Population Change
The Demographic Accounting Equation

Births and Deaths

Migration and Residential Mobility

3. Exercise 4

Chapter 6. Describing the Relative Locations of Populations

1. Service Areas
2. Centers of Population
The Mean Center

Population Potential

3. Exercise 5

Chapter 7. The Public-use Microdata Sample (PUMS)

1. Income Distribution Differences Among Ethnic Groups
2. Occupational Differences Among Ethnic Groups
3. Exercise 6

Appendices

Appendix A -- Detailed Descriptions and Access to Major Files

1. Geography in Summary Tape Files
Short-Form Files

Long-Form Files

2. Geography in Summary Tape Files
Coding Geographic Units - FIPS Codes
3. Public-Use Microdata Sample Files
4. Census Data in the Social Sciences Database Archive
5. SPSS Programs for Extracting Data from the Sample Databases and from the SSDBA Archive
Data Dictionaries

Program to read PUMS extract and crosstab ethnicity by occupation

Program to Crosstab Ethnicity by Income Categories

Program to Compute Several Summary Variables

6. Running SPSS on Venus at the SSDBA

Appendix B -- SSDBA Census Database Descriptions of Major Files

Appendix C -- California PUMA Locations

Appendix D -- Summary Level and Geographic Component Codes for Census Geography

Appendix E -- U.S. State and County FIPS Codes, 1990

Appendix F -- U.S. State and City FIPS Codes for Places Over 10,000 Persons

Appendix G -- PUMS Variable Codes for Selected Variables

Country of Birth Codes

Languages Codes

Industry Codes

Occupation Codes

Race Codes

Ancestry Codes

Appendix H -- Database Variables for Burbank-Glendale Tracts

Appendix I -- Database Variables for U.S. Cities and Counties

Appendix J -- Database Variables for California Counties

Appendix K -- Database Variables for California PUMAs

K-A. Country of Birth Codes

K-B .Spoken Language Codes

K-C .Industry Codes

K-D. Occupation Codes

K-E. Race Codes

K-F. Ancestry Codes

Appendix L -- Database Variables for Population Estimate Data

Appendix M -- Introduction to Mapping with Arcview

Figures

Figure 1. Population Density of Cities with At Least 10,000 Persons

Figure 2. Scattergram of Population vs Crimes Per 100,000 Persons

Figure 3. Regression of Population vs Crimes Per 100,000 Persons

Figure 4. Burbank-Glendale Census Tracts

Tables

Chapter 2

Table 1.  Ethnic Populations in Glendale, Los Angeles, and California, 1990

Table 2.  Cities with the Most and Least Densely Populated Areas in the U. S., 1990

Table 3a.  Hispanic White Population as a Percent of White Population United States Cities Over 10,000 Persons, 1990

Table 3b.  Hispanic White Population as a Percent of White Population United States Cities Over 500,000 Persons, 1990

Table 3c.  Hispanic White Population as a Percent of Hispanic Population United States Cities Over 10,000 Persons, 1990

Chapter 3

Table 4.  Sex Ratios, 1990

Table 5.  Sex Ratios by Age in California, 1990

Table 6.  Location Quotient by Occupation and Class of Worker Los Angeles County, 1990

Table 7.  Diversity Scores

Chapter 4

Table 8.  Dependency Ratios, 1990

Chapter 5

Table 9.  Greatest Mexican Population Changes in California Counties, 1980 - 1990

Table 10.  Citizenship, California, 1990

Table 11.  Country of Birth, California, 1990

Table 12.  Residence in 1985, California, 1990

Chapter 6

Table 13.  Distances from Tract 3019.00

Table 14.  Mean Center of Glendale Tracts, 1980 and 1990

Table 15.  Accessibility Index to Two Glendale Tracts

Chapter 7

Table 16.  Income Distribution within Ethnic Groups

Table 17.  Ethnic Employment for Males and Females in PUMA 5200