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Human Geography: Shark Tank: The Census

Human Geography, Q3: Shark Tank

About the Census

About the US Census

About the Census

Websites

US Census Data

Explore Census Data

  • Learn about America's People, Places, and Economy on the official United States

American Community Data Survey

  •  an annual demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, including ancestry, citizenship (US citizen or not a US citizen), educational attainment, income, language proficiency, migration, disability, employment, and housing characteristics

Census Narrative Profiles

  • Narrative Profiles are short, analytic reports derived from the ACS 5-year estimates. Each Narrative Profile covers 18 different topic areas and provides text and bar charts to display highlights of selected social, economic, housing and demographic estimates for a selected geographic area.

 

Using Census Data

Finding Census Data on a Specific Geographic Location