Using Census data to find emerging immigrant communities in your area New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference April 25, 2017
Overview of Census data Decennial census (every 10 years), and annual American Community Survey (sample) – mailed or in person (will be online in 2020) Other surveys include Business and Economic data, American housing survey, population estimates Why do I need Census data? Grant proposals Reports to county or state Finding best places to hold specific programs or place language collections Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Finding Census Data
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Geographies Because Queens Library operates 63 branches within one county, we mostly use zip codes and census tracts as our census geographies. For libraries with 1 operating branch, it may make sense to use zip codes. For libraries operating multiple branches within one zip code, it makes sense to use census tracts. County and State libraries may use county level geographies, as well as zip codes and/or census tracts. Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Finding the geographies you want to work with Census reference maps: https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/index.html Finding Zip Codes: https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Finding the geographies you want to work with Census reference maps: Vary by size – usually keep a population of about 4-5K people Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Finding the geographies you want to work with Finding Zip Codes: Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
https://factfinder.census.gov Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
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Selecting Geographies in American Factfinder Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Finding Topics in American Factfinder Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
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Understanding the table view Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Margin of Error The MOE is a measure of the possible variation of the estimate around the true population value What to do with a large MOE Go up one geography until you get an acceptable MOE, or collapse characteristic categories (e.g. collapse age 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-17 to use Under 18) Accept the large MOE because it’s the best we have More reading on MOE: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/acs/guidance/training-presentations/2016_MOE_Slides_01.pdf Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Understanding the table view Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
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.csv if importing to mapping program (e.g. ArcGIS, Tableau, R) Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
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Map view – download shapefile Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Languages spoken at home Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Ancestry Table B04006|PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY Or choose single ancestry or multiple ancestry Ancestry Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Ancestry Table B04006|PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY Or choose single ancestry or multiple ancestry Ancestry Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Ancestry Table B04006|PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY Or choose single ancestry or multiple ancestry Ancestry Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Characteristics of Foreign Born (nothing smaller than Zip Code geographies) Table S0501|SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATIVE AND FOREIGN-BORN POPULATIONS Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Characteristics of Foreign Born (nothing smaller than Zip Code geographies) Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Other useful tables: DP02 – Selected Social Characteristics in the United States DP03 – Selected Economic Characteristics DP04 – Selected Housing Characteristics DP05 – ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Other Resources NY Regional Census Office Local County and City Planning Offices Census webinar trainings: https://www.census.gov/mso/www/training/ Mapping and Analysis Tools: QGIS (https://www.qgis.org) Tableau Public (https://public.tableau.com/) R (https://www.r-project.org) Local planning offices may have more trainings and/or shapefiles for local geographies Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018
Thank you! Contact me: Jaime Anno Manager of Organizational Assessment Queens Library Ph: 718-990-0887 Email: janno@queenslibrary.org Monday, November 19, 2018Monday, November 19, 2018