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Subject Resources -- Census and Population Resources

The librarian for this subject is  Ms. Shari Laster.
Email: laster@uakron.edu

Decennial Census by Year

• 22nd Census of the United States- 2000
• 21st Census of the United States- 1990
• 1st through 20th Censuses- 1790 to 1980
• Historical Census Browser - From the University of Virginia Library, the Historical Census Browser allows users to examine and sort data, produce tables and maps, andcreate ratios between data categories for decennial censuses from 1790 to 1960.

Mapping census information

• Census CD + maps [computer file] Geolytics (Ask at the Bierce Reference Desk)
• Historical Census Browser - From the University of Virginia Library, the Historical Census Browser allows users to examine and sort data, produce tables and maps, andcreate ratios between data categories for decennial censuses from 1790 to 1960.
• Mapping Census 2000: the Geography of U.S. Diversity (Bierce Gov't DocC 3.2:M32) - shows in map format the diversity of the U.S. population.
• SimplyMap - SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data. Contains data from the 2000 census. SimplyMap turns complex data into valuable information that is easily accessed through an innovative and user-friendly interface.
• Tiger Map Server Browser - From the U.S. Census Bureau, Tiger Map allows users to create maps based on 1990 census data.

Reference Resources, Guides, Handbooks

• Cook, Kevin L. Dubester’s U.S. Census Bibliography with SuDocs Class Numbers and Indexes (Bierce Reference HA 214 .C665 1996)
• Schulze, Suzanne. Population Information in Nineteenth Century Census Volumes. (Bierce Gov ‘t Doc Reference. HA 214 .S381 1983) - covers U.S. population from 1790 to 1890.
• Schulze, Suzanne. Population Information in Twentieth Century Census Volumes 1900-1940. (Bierce Gov’t Doc Reference. Z 7164 .D S45 1985) - covers U.S. population from 1900 to 1940)

• Anderson, Margo J., ed. Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census (Bierce Reference HA37.U55 C66 2000 ) - defines census, its methodology,controversy, and includes signed articles by census experts.
• Dictionary of U.S. Government Statistical Terms (Bierce Reference. Desk HA 17 .D53)
• Glossary from U.S. Bureau of the Census

• Census Documentation, Guides, and History (University of North Carolina)
• Census Information: Data and Resources (University of Virginia Library) - This site gives an overview of the various files and product description such as the type of information found in the American Factfinder, SF1, SF2,PUMS file, and special files.
• Decennial Census Information at Columbia University
• Hinckley, Kathleen W. Your Guide to the Federal Census for Genealogists, Researchers, and Family Historians. (Bierce Reference HA 37 .U6 H556 2002)
• Lavin ,Michael R. Understanding the Census: A Guide for Marketers, Planners, Grant Writers, and other Data (Bierce Reference Desk HA201 1990ar)

• County and City Databook - (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.134/2:C 83/2) includes population, education, crime, labor force information, and poverty data.
• Demographic Yearbook. Annuaire demographique (Bierce Reference HA 17 .D45) - The Yearbook includes international demographic information covering population, natality, fetal mortality, marriages and divorces.
• Demographics USA County Edition - (Bierce Reference HF 5415.2 .S941) includes data on households by effective buying income, retail sales and establishments, and consumer buying power by county level.
• Demographics USA County Edition (Bierce Reference Desk HF 5415.2 .S941), - includes information on metropolitan area rankings, households by effective buying power, and household data.
• Population Abstract of the United States (Bierce Reference HA 202 .A686) - This print source is useful for a quick look up of population by state, counties, and cities for older census information from earliest census to 1970.
• Population and Vital Statistics Report -United Nations (Bierce Reference HA 13 .U5), - includes estimates for population, births, deaths and infant deaths for 235 countries
• Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.2: P 81/26)
• Rand McNally …Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide (Bierce Reference Desk G1019 .R22x) - includes population, incomes, sales, and disposable income by metropolitan statistical area, 150 largest counties, and principal business centers.
• SimplyMap - SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data. SimplyMap turns complex data into valuable information that is easily accessed through an innovative and user-friendly interface.
• State and Metropolitan Area Data Book - (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.134/5)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - (Bierce Reference. Desk C 3.134) also includes earlier years including 1878-1900 as well as most current year.
• The Baby Boom Americans Born 1946 to 1964 (Bierce Reference HF 5415.33 .U6 R877 2004) - covers education, health, housing, labor force, spending, and wealth including: Black men have the lowest labor force rate, net worth is down for boomers, contracting provides an altenative work arrangement, and union membership is declining.

Articles, Indexes, and Databases

Finding Articles

• Academic Search Complete - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
• ArticleFirst - Index to articles from over 12,000 journals.
• Census Index (from Ohio State University)
• Electronic Journals Center - Full text articles for over 3000 journals are available.
• ICPSR - ICPSR maintains and provides access to an archive of social science data in electronic format. Its holdings include data sets relevant to the study of political science, sociology, demography, history, economics, international relations, gerontology, public health, criminal justice, education and many other fields.
• Infotrac Full-Text Articles (1,000 Journals) - Index to citations in 1,000 journals with full-text access to almost 900 journals. Covers many subject areas at the undergraduate level. Includes or has links to full text.
• JSTOR - The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, some dating as far back as the 1600s. New titles and disciplines are being added regularly. Issues of journals are never “out”; they are always accessible, and in excellent condition. The capacity for searching across disciplines opens up vast possibilities for scholarship and research.

• American Statistics Index (Bierce Gov't Documents Reference Z 7554.U5 A46) - The information focuses on the U.S.

Government Resources

• 200 Years of U.S. Census Taking Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990 (Bierce Gov’t Doc C 3.2:T93)
• A Century of Population Growth From the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth 1790-1900 (Bierce Gov’t Doc C 3.2:P81)
• Current Population Reports - (Bierce Gov’t Doc. C 3.186) covers various topics such as America’s families and living arrangements, social and economic characteristics of students, poverty, etc.

  Census of Population Print sources at Bierce Library (Bierce Gov't Doc)

  The following sources are not all the census sources, but a starting point.
  1790 (1st) Return of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States : according to "An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States." Passed March the first, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one (I 2.5:)

  1800 (2nd) Return of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States : according to "An act providing for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States." Passed February the twenty eight, one thousand eight hundred. Printed by order of the House of representatives (Bierce Gov’t Doc oversize I 3.5)

  1810 (3rd) Aggregate amount of each description of persons within the United States of America, and the territories thereof : agreeably to actual enumeration made according to law, in the year 1810 (Bierce Gov’t Doc oversize I 4.5)

  1820 (4th) Census for 1820 / Published by authority of an act of Congress, under the direction of the Secretary of State (Bierce Gov’t Doc. oversize I 5.5:)

  1830 (5th) Fifth census : or, Enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 1830 : To which is prefixed, a Schedule of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, taken according to the Acts of 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 (Bierce Gov’t Doc oversize I 6.5:)

  1840 (6th) Sixth Census : or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States, as Corrected at the Department of State,in 1840 (Bierce Gov’t doc oversize I 7.5:)

  1850 (7th) The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 (Bierce Gov’t doc I 8.5:)

  1860 (8th) Population of the United States in 1860 : Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census (Bierce Gov’t doc I 9.5:)

  1870 (9th) A Compendium of the Ninth Census / U.S. Census Office (Bierce Gov’t doc I 10.2:C73/2)

  1880 (10th) Compendium of the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880 (Bierce Gov’t doc I 11.2: C73/)

  1890 (11th) Compendium of the Eleventh Census, 1890 (Bierce Gov’t Doc I 12.2:C73/

  1900 (12th) Twelfth Census of the United States, Taken in the Year 1900 (I 13.5:)

  1910 (13th) Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910 Volume I Population 1910 General Report and Analysis (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.16: )

  1920 (14th) Fourteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1920 (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.28/5:)

  1930 (15th) Fifteenth census of the United States:1930 (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.37/5:P 81/)

  1940 (16th) Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 Population Volume I Number of Inhabitants Total Population for States, Counties, and Minor Civil Divisions; for Urban and Rural Areas; for Incorporated Places; for Metropolitan Districts; and for Census Tracts comprising the First Series of Population Bulletins for the States, Territories, and Possessions (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.940-5:P 81/)

  1950 (17th) Report of the Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States Census of Population: 1950 Volume I Number of Inhabitants (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.950-7:)

  1960 (18th) Census of Population: 1960 Volume I Characteristics of the Population Part A Number of Inhabitants Total Population Counts for the U.S., States, Outlying Areas, Counties, Cities, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Urban and Rural, etc (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.223/9: 960/v.1/pt.A)

  1970 (19th) 1970 Census of Population Characteristics of the Population United States Summary (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.223/9:970/v.1/pt.1/)

  1980 (20th) 1980 Census of Population. Volume 1, Characteristics of the Population. Chapter C, General social and economic characteristics. Part 1, United States summary (Bierce Gov’t doc C 3.223/7:980/C1)

  1990 (21st) 1990 Census of Population. Social and Economic Characteristics. United States (Bierce Gov’t Doc C 3.223/7:1990-CP-2-1)

  Selected Census Schedule for Certain Ohio Counties on Microfilm

  These is a folder in the Government Documents Microfiche cabinet with a listing of the selected Ohio Counties from 1829 to 1920 beginning with I 5.5:) This source is used by genealogists.

  United States: 2000 Summary Population and Housing Characteristics (Bierce Reference Desk C 3.223/18:2000 PHC-1-1/)

Internet Resources

• American Factfinder
• Census Toolkit (University of Michigan) - includes selection of data file, available files, and product description.
• Demographic Data on the Web
• Demographic Trends in the 20th Century ( - Bierce Gov't Doc C 3.2:D39/3)includes states with population decline, states ranked by population size, and percent of population living in metropolitan areas by region.
• Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000 (Bierce Gov't Doc C 3.2:M46/2) - includes Census questionnaires and instructions from 1790 to 2000, history, and census costs.
• Population Profile of the United States: 2000 - includes information on geographic mobility, fertility, computer use, diversity, money matters, etc.
• Profiles of America: Demographic Data and Graphic Builder - The data includes net migration, percent foreign born, and population change rate for the U.S. or by state.
• Selected Historical Decennial Census and Population Counts
• U. S. Bureau of the Census
• United Nations Population Division - includes projections and estimates of world population and country rankings for size, growth, fertility, and mortality.

Periodicals

• American Demographics (Also selected articles on Academic Search Premier)
• Demography
• European Journal of Population
• Population and Environment
• Population Bulletin
• Population Economics
• Population Research and Policy Review
• Population Review - is a peer reviewed journal that covers demography and population studies internationally.
• Population Studies

Organizations

• Demography and Population Studies - includes links to various programs and departments
• Population Association of America
• Population Institute - is an international organization that promotes reducing population.
• Population Investigation Committee - is a research organization that publishes Population Studies, a journal that analyzes demographic data.
• Population Reference Bureau - provides information on population trends of the U.S. and the world and its implication.
• Population Studies Center (University of Michigan) - includes links to demographic resources, country information and statistical sources, and demographic agencies.

Area Information (Local, State, National)

• Decennial Census of Population for Ohio from 1800  2000 - by county
• Office of Strategic Research - Ohio's official source of statistical information on it's people, industry, and economy.
• Ohio: 2000 Summary, Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics. (Bierce Reference Desk C 3.223/23:2000 PHC-2-37/pt.1-2)
• State Data Center Program - is a partnership between the states and the Census Bureau to provide demographic, economic, and social statistics for the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Grants, fellowships, internships

• Centers for Studies in Demography and Ecology (University of Washington)
• Compton Foundation - only makes grants to organizations
• Office of Population Affairs (U.S.)
• Population Institute

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