Map-based US Census tool for job location and commuting data.

2011 Shapefiles hit the streets in December.

These files were compiled from Census 2000 responses to the long-form (sample) questions on where people worked. The files provide data at the county level for residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC). Similar files containing data for county subdivisions (MCDs) in 12 states and counties in the other 38 states, DC, and Puerto Rico...

Census data raw file download.

this will be great
"Every county has itself listed as a neighboring county"

"Rehoboth, he likes to say, used to be an island of tolerance in a sea of homophobia, and now is an island of tolerance in a sea of outlet malls." (ha)

Compare 2000 and 2010 Census plurality racial/ethnic groups by block group. Brought to you by CUNY Mapping Service.

Ordering UK Census geodata on CDs.

One of the reasons a census was initiated in the UK: "the life insurance industry would be stimulated by the results."

official uk census tables for northampton

UK census data tables for Northamptonshire

NYT, as always, has beautiful census maps up the day after the data is released.

Sometimes I am surprised by what I find: "The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000. NHGIS offers the following options to obtain data:"

>>These files were compiled from Census 2000 responses to the long-form (sample) questions on where people worked. The files provide data at the county level for residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC).

ASCII lists of tracts, places, counties, etc

shp, e00, gen
"Welcome to the U.S. Census Bureau's Cartographic Boundary Files Web Site. The boundary files available here are selected generalized extracts from the Census Bureau's TIGER geographic database and are designed for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) or similar mapping system. These are not map images. They have been developed for various internal Census Bureau projects and have been made available here to the general public on an "as is" basis."

this is the stuff

xls files for all counties. including econ, housing, election etc data in addition to usual census demography

DBF format

Weighted density calcs for US urbanized areas. New York more than double next contender. LA #3, Chi #5.

UP: Finnish

Latest addition to fitnr: A graphing tool that visualizes distribution of the US population in custom population density ranges. Choose quantile or equal interval.

Google Easrth frontend for census data. Looks amazing, I'll probably spend all day tomorrow playing with it. thanks 18b!

interactive and historical maps, including queens nabes for every census going back 100 yrs.

Census counts prisoners in their cells, not their home. Large cache of docs and maps, state-by-state run downs.

kio: The reverse correlation between income & fertility is clear. Unexpected: breakdown by educational attainment is mixed: women without HS diploma have very few kids. (see pg 4)

via angermann

2 annoying things: no 2005 maps & password protected PDFs. Aren't US govt works public dom?

many world population statistics

list of frequency of last & first names in USA. One of the things the Internet was made for. First visited maybe 10yrs ago.

If you are looking for an electronic file that has hundreds of social, economic, and housing data items in one place for all 77 Community Areas in the city of Chicago, this is the file to download.

if the census had a good API, that would be exciting.

maps from UC Regenstein library