Census Subject Guide to Resources on the Internet
Websites and Publications
U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov) provides demographic and socioeconomic data, including historical data.
American Community Survey (http://www.census.gov/acs/www), which will replace the decennial census long form and provide data each year on demographic and socioeconomic factors in the United States.
American FactFinder (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en), search for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
CenStats (http://censtats.census.gov)
Comprehensive statistical information including Annual Survey of Manufactures,
Building Permits, Census Tract Street Locator, Consolidated Federal Funds Report,
County Business Patterns, International Trade Data, Occupation by Race and Sex,
USA Counties, and Zip Business Patterns.
County and City Data Book
(http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html),
the State Library has in print 1949, 1952, 1956, 1962, 1967, 1972,
1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, 2000 editions, Call Number: R 317.3 Unit (Note:
Shelved in the Reference collection).
Historical Census Browser
(http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus)
population and economic data of U.S. states and counties from 1790
to 1960. The terms and figures in the Historical Census Browser come
directly from the statistical volumes published for each decade's
decennial census by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Historical Statistical Abstracts of the United
States
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html,
scanned images (PDF) of historical statistical abstracts back to 1878
from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Kentucky Quick Facts (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html), from the U.S. Census Bureau offers population, business, geography, and other data by state, county, and city.
Measuring America: Decennial Census 1790-2000
(http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf),
history of the U.S. Census Bureau and questionnaires, instructions,
and individual histories of each census.
Selected Historical Decennial Census Population
and Housing Counts
(http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/hiscendata.html),
scanned images (PDF) of historical census reports back to 1790 from
the U.S. Census Bureau.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
(http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html)
the State Library has in print 1979, 1986, 1991, 1997-98 editions,
SuDoc: C 3.134/5:, and the most recent 2006 edition is available at http://www.census.gov/compendia/smadb, SuDoc: C 3.134/5:
Statistical Abstract of the United States (http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab), the State Library has in print the 1920, 1937, 1944/45, 1946-2003, 2004/05 editions, Call Number: R 317.3 STAT (Note: Shelved in the Reference collection).
Censuses at the State Library
The State Library has census materials from the 1960s to the present, for information on these materials, please contact the Reference Desk through the Ask a Librarian email service, http://www.kdla.ky.gov/research/sgasklib.asp, or call # 502-564-8300, ext. 342.