For the 1990 census, the Census Bureau issued CDs with STF1, STF2, STF3, and STF4 data. Unless you need data for special populations, STF1 and STF3 are all you need. The data are organized in large dbase files that you can import into excel . To figure out which file includes the desired table, you have to use the documentation. It is not difficult.
The CDs have also extracting software that uses DOS commands and is therefore difficult to use.
Good luck,
Marie Bousfield
mbousfield@rcn.com
From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Manny Trillo
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 6:13 PM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: Re: [CTPP] does anyone know where to find detailed tables from the 1990 census?
You may have already seen the Census Gateway page for 1990 at http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen1990.html. You may have already found out that most anything you click on refers you to AFF2, where, voila, there is nothing on 1990! However, the Missouri Data Center would be a good site to look at. If you want some quick tables, these are still available on the Census web site:
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen1990.html – This is the PL94 data, which may or may not help; and
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ezstate/MO.pdf – This is poverty data by census tract, again, of limited use by itself.
Otherwise, Jami Garrison’s recommendations FTP can get you all you need, with a little more work.
Manny Trillo
Manager, Research Data
Mid-America Regional Council
600 Broadway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816.701.8220
Fax: 816.427.7758
E-mail: mtrillo@marc.org
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From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Jami Garrison
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:41 PM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: Re: [CTPP] does anyone know where to find detailed tables from the 1990 census?
As far as I know, AFF2 doesn’t have 1990 data in it. You have to get it off of the Census Bureau FTP site.
You can try the Missouri Census Data Center:
http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/xtabs3menus/mainmenu.html
the National Historical GIS (though related to GIS, they do have Census data in the system)
From: ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Reger
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:51 PM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] does anyone know where to find detailed tables from the 1990 census?
Is it on AFF2?
Nancy Reger, AICP
Deputy Director, Transportation
MORPC
111 Liberty St. Ste. 100
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-233-4154