1. CENSUS & IPUMS DATA RETRIEVAL
Liliana Diaz,
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Denver

2. AGENDA IPUMS & American FactFinder Census Data Retrieval
IPUMS Data Retrieval
Additional Data Resources

3. IPUMS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Includes 227 years of U.S. census micro data
Includes international censuses of 100+ countries
Data sources are from the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, the Demographic and Health Surveys, and the National Health Interview Survey
Allows cross tabulations and tables on any data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau

4. IPUMS LIMIATIONS
Difficult to analyze data for cities or towns with populations of 100,000 or less, requires PUMAs.
Some IPUMS categories are limited to SPSS, SAS, or STATA data files.
Heavy reliance on statistical language.
PUMAs are “statistical geographic areas defined for the dissemination of PUMs data…built on census tracts and counties” (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017).
U.S. Census Bureau. (2017 April 2). Public use microdata areas (PUMAs). Retrieved from
Minnesota Population Center. IPUMS Higher Ed: Version 1.0 [dataset] Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota,

5. AMERICAN FACTFINDER

6. AMERICAN FACTFINDER

7. AMERICAN FACTFINDER DATA

8. AGENDA

10. INTEGRATED PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SERIES (IPUMS)

11. EXPLORING IPUMS
IPUMS

12. IPUMS LIMIATIONS

13. IPUMS DATA TABLES What is the difference between “educ” and “educd”?
Seeking: Pueblo Hispanic/Latino educational attainment rates.
What is the difference between “educ” and “educd”?
We check in the codebook.

14. IPUMS DATA TABLES

16. IPUMS LIMIATIONS

18. IPUMS LIMIATIONS

19. IPUMS LIMIATIONS

20. ADDITIONAL DATA RESOURCES
IPUMS LIMIATIONS
ADDITIONAL DATA RESOURCES

21. U.S. Census QuickFacts

22. IPUMS LIMIATIONS
Census Explorer

23. IPUMS LIMIATIONS
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates

24. ADDITIONAL DATA RESOURCES
NYT Mapping of 2010 U.S. Census

25. IPUMS LIMIATIONS
Voting Data

26. IPUMS LIMIATIONS Data by state and national data Volunteering
Types of volunteering
Social Trust
Data around neighbors
This website offers more specific data
Users are able to build their own tables
Corporation for National & Community Service

28. QUESTIONS? Liliana Diaz, M.A.
Liliana Diaz, M.A.
Graduate Research Assistant | Higher Education Department
Ph.D. Student in Higher Education 
Morgridge College of Education | University of Denver