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Mark Tebeau Cleveland State University October 2008 United States Census
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Census Links Historical Census Browser http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ Historical Census Statistics: Immigration http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/t wps0029.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/t wps0029.html Selected Reports http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html Measuring America http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf Statistical Abstracts http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html Cleveland Immigration http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM Sample Assignment: http://urbanhumanist.org/2008/11/03/united-states-census/ http://urbanhumanist.org/2008/11/03/united-states-census/
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The Census Why the Census? House of Representatives Electoral College Taxation Federal Disbursements Teaching the Census Quantitative Literacy Charts, Graphs, & Maps History Lessons Embedded Crosses 8 th & 10 th grade curriculum
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Historical Census Browser http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ By Decade By Category No city, community, or individual-level data
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Levels of Analysis A Cross Sectional Look at the 1910 Census Levels of Analysis National Data State-level Data County Level Data
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Techniques How to evaluate the data Absolute Numbers Percentages Maps
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Categories of Analysis w/in Population Sex Race National Origin Family Urban verse rural Commercial Housing
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History Lessons Counting African Americans & Immigrants Through the Civil War Slaves 1790-1860 Free Colored 1830-1860 1870-1880 Colored Native vs. foreign-born Chinese 1890-1960 Negro Native vs. foreign-born Nationality
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Analysis Tables Maps Comparison: Extant Census Reports Comparison: Census Data
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Census Links Historical Census Browser http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ Historical Census Statistics: Immigration http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029 /twps0029.html http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029 /twps0029.html Selected Reports http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm Selected Reports http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.ht ml http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.ht ml Measuring America http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf Statistical Abstracts http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html Cleveland Immigration http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=IAM
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Supporting Sources Margo Anderson The American Census: A Social History (1990) Who Counts: The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America (2001) Encyclopedia of the United States Census (2000) Individual-level Data IPUMS: http://usa.ipums.org/usa/http://usa.ipums.org/usa/
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Ohio 1850: Distribution, African American (free)
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1880 Ohio: Population Distribution
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Ohio 1880 Manufacturing Establishments--Distribution
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Ohio 1880: Foreign Born
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Ohio 1880: Germany & Ireland
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Ohio 1910: Distribution
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Ohio 1910: Immigrant
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Ohio 1910: Race
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Change Over Time Ohio & Race, 1910-1940
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Immigration, Migration, and the United States Census Website: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
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