The national file won't be available until April 15th I am told.
I find it easier to work with the data in SAS from the FTP site.
Mike
On 4/7/2011 3:41 PM, Jonathan Lupton wrote:
Does anybody on the list serve have anything good to say about
American FactFinder2?
I want something incredibly simple -- total housing units for the
United, and occupied housing units, in 2010. When I go into this
clunky, counter-intuitive product, it either takes me to housing data
from past census estimates, or wants to give me Census 2000 housing
figures.
Okay, so I decided to try for one of those simple 2010 profiles. You
can get them for the states. But what about the country? Can't find
it. Am I supposed to add up the housing data for all 50 states?
I don't doubt there is an answer buried somewhere in this system, but
I'm in a hurry (who isn't, in the modern world) trying to develop some
US comparison data for a report. And, as usual, AFF2 lets you down
when you need it. Message to Census Bureau: please, please dump the
useless thing and just put the data we need in the "old reliable" AFF.
Jonathan Lupton AICP
Research Planner
Metroplan
Little Rock AR
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