95 US Census Data

95.1 Organization

US Census Bureau

95.2 Website

www.census.gov/

95.3 Description

• Census conducted every 10 years to determine the number of people living in US
• Demographic data, housing, social and economic data

95.4 Vintage/Release Frequency

Decennial since 1790

95.5 Observational Unit

Respondent-level for microdata but various geographic level summaries available

95.6 Collection Methodology

National census

95.7 Available at

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-%20census/data/datasets.html

95.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-%20census/data/datasets.html

95.9 Cost

Free for download

95.10 Proposal or Application required?

No

95.11 DUA required?

No

95.12 Special Notes

Several tools are available for finding and using census data are available at https://www.census.gov/data/data-tools.html