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“The Census” isn’t one, monolithic chunk of data. Rather, it is a collection of different data sets collected or created for different purposes.

Here is a handout (PDF) discussing three of the main sources for population and housing data:

The Decennial Census
The American Community Survey
and the Population Estimates Program

The handout further explains how to obtain the data [...]

The New York Census Research Data Center is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Census Workshop Series. This year’s workshops, which will focus on mapping and spatial analysis, will be held at Baruch College as follows:

March 25th, Mapping, GIS and Spatial Data: U.S. Census and Beyond
April 8th, Hands-on Introduction to ArcGIS
May 8th, Spatial Statistics, [...]

The US Governement Accountability Office is an agency working for Congress that evaluates federal programs, audits federal expenditures, and issues legal opinions. The GAO website posts their reports and testimonies (from the 1960s – present) and legal decisions issued by the Comptroller General. Browse for documents by date, topics and government agency.

The US Census Bureau’s website at www.census.gov contains many useful statistics and data sets. Below are some highlights …

American Factfinder – Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic statistics (search by city/town, county or zip code); data sets; population trends
American Community Survey (ACS) – Provides population and housing characteristics every year instead of every ten [...]

Baruch College will host three workshops designed to help faculty, graduate students, and other researchers better understand and use Census Bureau data.
All workshops will meet 12:30-2:30 in the Skylight Room, 3rd floor, 17 Lexington Ave. @ 23rd St. Lunch will be available starting at noon. There is no workshop fee, but space is limited.
To register, [...]