25 Jul
2011
25 Jul
'11
3:13 p.m.
I am going to try some of these, thanks. In my case I had no trouble getting
the table and geographies that I needed, but download either gave me a
corrupt file or no file at all.
Mara
From: Graham, Todd [mailto:todd.graham@metc.state.mn.us]
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:12 PM
To: 'ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net'
Subject: [CTPP] AFF2 download, and the alternatives
I'll share with you all the advice I give to all the various people who call
looking for Census data.
. If you need a few tables (a few topics) for a large number of
locations, or for all records of a sumlevel (for example, all Census Tracts
in Minnesota), try
o <http://census.ire.org/data/bulkdata.html>
http://census.ire.org/data/bulkdata.html (just the data, very quick to use)
o or <http://nhgis.org> http://nhgis.org (data + GIS shapefile)
. If you need many tables (many topics) for a small number of
locations (less than 200 specific geographic units), try FactFinder (or FF2)
. If you need many tables (many topics) for many locations, either
build your own database from "Summaryfile" downloads at
<http://www2.census.gov> http://www2.census.gov
. Or if you need many tables (many topics) for many locations + you
have SAS, utilize downloads from
<http://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/uexplore.shtml#census2010>
http://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/uexplore.shtml#census2010
Bottom line: There are several good sites for downloading Census data -- not
just one site.
Cheers.
________________________
Todd Graham
Principal Forecaster and Project Manager
Metropolitan Council
390 Robert Street North
Saint Paul, MN 55101
ph: 651/602-1322
email: todd.graham(a)metc.state.mn.us
in: www.linkedin.com/in/toddgraham
web: http://www.metrocouncil.org/data/
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-----Original Message-----
From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net]
On Behalf Of Jami Garrison
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 1:00 PM
To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] RE: AFF2 download
There is a drop down box. You have to select each of those 87 counties one
at a time, then download them, one at a time. Welcome to the new AFF.
-----Original Message-----
From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net]
On Behalf Of Morton, Brian J.
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:55 AM
To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] RE: AFF2 download
I was able to download a table containing county-level population
statistics. But the downloaded file contained only the data for the
particular county that was displayed in the results tab. The file did not
contain data for the other 87 counties that I had also selected.
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Brian J. Morton, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Center for Urban and Regional Studies
University of North Carolina
Campus Box 3410
108 Battle Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3410
USA
(919) 962-8847