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Subject: The where's (& whys) of US Census population data?
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 04:47:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Beth Arthur <[log in to unmask]>
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To: Air Photo GIS Forum - Map LibrarianshipMaps <[log in to unmask]>


Greetings,

I'm a beginning GIS student who seeks your help for a map project (You
may have met me a few summers ago at the ALA MAGERT meetings in Chicago).

Are there libguides that clarify the 2010 Census' geographic location
types (county, urbanized area, place level etc.) and which 2010 Census
file contains them (Demographic Profile vs. Summary File 1?)?

I want to download basic population count by county for each U.S. state,
and, if possible, the population for the towns and cities within those
counties.

- Is FTPing the way to best download this data or using the filtering
mechanisms on the American Fact Finder site?

- Should I contact the email addresses on the Census site or simply call
the contact phone number?

Thanks for all pointers.

~ Beth Arthur
NEIU graduate student
Chicago, IL