• Click on the Site Tour link on the left panel for an overview of information that can be obtained from this site. This online generation of tables focuses on "basic" demographic information.
• At this home page link, using the "Basic Facts" interactions at the top of the page, one can create tables for many census variables at various geographic levels, down to the city or town level (place). It is possible to navigate to other pages on this site to produce tables and maps all the way down to the place level.
• Comparison Tables show data for different levels of geography, (e.g. counties) within a state. At the top panel "Show Me", one needs to scroll down to comparison tables. This option will drill down to the census track level for a county. Summary tables are produced for printing or downloading.
• In the "Data Sets" panel, one can view and download tables containing detailed census information all the way down to the block level. See the accompanying information on "Downloading Census Data for Local Area Analysis". These tables can be printed as well as downloaded. Maps can be produced as well by selecting "Thematic Maps" from the drop down menu once a data source is selected from the main "Data Sets" panel.

U.S.Census Bureau: Amercian Community Survey
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/

• The American Community Survey is an annual survey that is used to make statistical updates to the decenial census and ask additional questions about the conditions of Americans. This mode of data collection will replace the long form questionnaire in the 2010 census.
• If you choose Illilnois (or annother state) from the "Quick Picks" panel on the right side of the page, you can select various tables that give a profile of demographic characteristics, social and economic conditions, and housing conditions for Chicago and the few other counties that were selected in the sampling design for a given year.

Illinois Census 2000.
http://illinoisgis.ito.state.il.us/2000census/

• Home page of the Illinois Census Bureau. From the main page, Click on "IL Data". In the new page that opens up, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on "2000 Census profiles are available" link. In the new page that opens up, we can get profiles in pdf, csv formats of the general, social, economic & housing characteristics at different geographic levels: state, counties, county/townships, cities villages & towns, all townships within counties, metropolitan areas, congressional districts. We can also get the summary of social, housing & economic characteristics (the sf3 file information) in pdf and csv formats for the state, counties, cities & villages over 10,000 population.
• Comparison tables 1990 – 2000. From the main page, Click on "IL Data". In the new page that opens up, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and Click on "Illinois Profile: Comparison of 1990 and 2000" link. We get a spreadsheet comparing the population, race, and other housing characteristics.
• The main Illinois Census 2000 page has a power point presentation link at the bottom of the page which displays some trends in population changes for different races.
• Local Level Population Projections. On the left of the main page, there is a link to "Population Projection". By clicking it, one will go to a new page which has the user interface for providing population projection till 2020. One can produce tables and obtain population projections for specific cities, counties.

• An alternative site for downloading 1980, 1990 and 2000 census data. Click on Public - Census Data.
• Site also contains .pdf map files for Illinois places. These are boundary maps for display. From the Census Data page, in the right panel navigate to plmap; then select the boundaries demarcated pl_blk for blocks, pl_trt for tracks, and pl_vtd for voting districts; then select the state (Illinois) and then the county. A .pdf file will be displayed and can be downloaded and saved. This file can be used for a report but not for further analysis.

2000 Census data primarily for the six northeastern Illinois counties, municipalities, townships and Chicago Community areas. Click on "maps and Data Tables for Counties and Places" in the table in the lower half of the page.

• Tables on racial and ethnic segregation/integration and more at the place and metropolitan area geographic level.

• Interactive site producing tables and maps of census data at state and county levels. Can see maps and tables for percent change from 1990 and 2000.

• Census Tables for Illinois, Cook County, Oak Park down to the block level.

• This faculty project based at Northern Illinois University, Sociology Quantitative Research Laboratory has some limited, but growing, resources describing and explaining the quality of life primarily in the suburban area surrounding Chicago. The site contains some census analysis of collar county geographies as well as information obtained from original surveys of residents. The project is directed by Prof. Charles Cappell.

• Links at this site permit the research to download complete census data down to the smallest geographic area, the block. See "Downloading Census Data for Local Analysis" for a description of the procedures to use. The N.I.U. Sociology Quantitative Research Lab has created an animated web session showing the procedures to follow to download census data. Any of the tables produced from the American Factfinder site can be downloaded for independent analysis.
  
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• Home page of the Illinois Census Bureau. From the main page, Click on "IL Data". In the new page that opens up, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on "2000 Census profiles are available" link. In the new page that opens up, one can get profiles in pdf, csv formats of the general, social, economic & housing characteristics at different geographic levels: state, counties, county/townships, cities villages & towns, all townships within counties, metropolitan areas, congressional districts. One can also get the summary of social, housing & economic characteristics (the sf3 file information) in pdf and csv formats for the state, counties, cities & villages over 10,000 population.

• Public access data archive that contains SAS export files and code for 2000 census data as well as 1970 census data files. Many other census related files such as Current Population Surveys are available at the public ftp site.

2000 Census data primarily for the six northeastern Illinois counties, municipalities, townships and Chicago Community areas.

• An alternative site for downloading 1980, 1990 and 2000 census data. Click on Public - Census Data. Click on the Public > Census Data in the left panel.

• 1970 Census Fifth Count special tabulation data at tracts, minor civil divisions and block group levels - available for download.

• Public access data archive that contains 1970 census data files. Many other census related files such as Current Population Surveys and 2000 census files, including SAS export files, are available at the public ftp site.

• This site contains summary tables of long term trends for many census variables, for some down to the county level and larger places. Available as .pdf files.

• http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html The left panel under the heading "Information Links" provides a good gateway to documentation about census data.
• http://www.census.gov/td/stf3/append_a.html – Documentation, a glossary, of geographic area concepts used by the census.
• http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/55new/class76.htm – Class code definitions for the type of place used by the census.
• http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/95-test/appa.html Definitions of geographic units used by the census.

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• This mapping engine uses 1998 TIGER/Line^® data and 1990 Decennial Census data. Maps with census boundary lines and geographical markers are produced for downloading.

• In the featured content panel in the lower half of the page, a link to Census Tiger/2000 files appears along with links to several other geographic data files.-
• This site has many interactive maps you can produce. Look at the "Classroom resources" panel near the bottom of the page.

• This site provides GIS files needed for map construction using GIS software. One can download a variety of shape files, at all levels of geography. One can also download 2000 census data for integration with the shape files to produce thematic maps with demographic data from the census.

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