1. Using Census Data to Understand Things ​ OpenGovChicago March 26, 2014

2. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014

3. Census Reporter Census Areas Demographics Housing Geography Economic Agriculture Governments

4. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter Census Products Decennial Census American Community Survey Current Population Survey (CPS) Population Estimates (PEP) TIGER Geographic Data American Housing Survey Survey of Manufactures Construction Economic Census Census of Governments Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) and more…

5. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter The Biggies Decennial Census American Community Survey Current Population Survey

6. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter So many choices! Factors to consider Data needed Methodology (count vs survey) Timeliness Geography Historic comparability

7. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter Decennial Census Demographics Age / sex / race / Latino Households and Family Structure Marriage / intergenerational Group Quarters prisons / nursing homes / military / dorms Housing Occupancy / ownership / household size

8. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter American Community Survey Demographics: age / sex / race / seniors Economics commute / employment / health insurance / income / poverty / public assistance Families children / families / family type / fertility / grandparents / marital status / roommates Housing costs and value / group quarters / mortgage / occupancy / physical characteristics / tenure Social ancestry / citizenship / disability / education / language / migration / place of birth / veterans

9. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter Current Population Survey Demographics Age / Educational attainment / Families and marital status / Foreign-born workers / Older workers / Race and Hispanic ethnicity / Women / Youth Earnings by demographics / by education / minimum wage / union earnings / working poor Labor force characteristics Absences / Annual labor market summary / Discouraged workers / Employed persons / Hours of work / Involuntary part-time workers / Labor force status flows / Multiple jobholders / Occupation and industry / Self-employed persons / Summer work / Unemployment / Union members / Work experience / Worklife estimates Supplemental surveys Child Support / Computer and Internet use / Contingent workers / Disability / Displaced workers / Food security / Fertility / Housing vacancy / International migration / School enrollment / Tenure / Tobacco use / Unbanked & Underbanked / Veterans / Volunteering / Work at home / Work schedules

10. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter How to pick: Methodology Decennial complete count American Community Survey 1% survey conducted on a rolling basis Current Population Survey 60,000 households surveyed monthly (4 months on/8 months off)

11. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter How to pick: Timeliness Decennial every 10 years American Community Survey every year (65,000+ population every 3 years (20,000+ population) every 5 years (block groups and larger) Current Population Survey monthly

12. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter How to pick: Geography Decennial every census block American Community Survey block groups and larger (smaller geographies Current Population Survey states, sometimes some metros and cities

13. Using Census Data to Understand Things, OGC March 2014 Census Reporter How to pick: Historic comparability Decennial 220 years Smaller geographies change Many questions change American Community Survey Complicated Current Population Survey monthly back to 1948

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