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Yahoo Directory à U.S Census Bureau Path:
Government à Statistics à UnitedStates@ à CensusBureau@ à U.S Bureau of the Census
Directory Search/U.S Census Bureau
Using this internet site to locate the needed data on certain areas, states, counties, cities, etc. was almost too easy. On the right side of the home page of the U.S Census Bureau was a box for anyone to type in a location to find out the population and any other related data such as housing costs, median income, people per square mile, and other detailed information on the link to the fact sheet.
Not only does it display population information, the website also can display links to other maps that may show things such as boundary lines that can be used for GIS. And besides maps, if someone was was dying to learn about government expenditures, they can research some of that information through a link provided by the website.
Keyword Search
Usually, I never use the first results when researching because the first result is often not what I’m looking for! However, when it comes to data collected by the United States government, the first result is always the best and most resourceful. When I wanted to look for historical census data, the first result (using Google.com) took me to a special link on the U.S Census Bureau’s website. Then within the special page, I had to choose exactly what kind of historic data I needed. And to my astonishment, I again found great resourcefulness in the first result provided by the U.S Census Bureau site! What luck!
When I browsed through that PDF file, it provided me with the exact and simple information that I needed for this project. I was expecting to find tons of data, and having to sort through the ones that I needed. But fortunately, everything was compiled into one simple chart with population by decade, then percent and number in population change, and the land area that the U.S totaled through those several decades. Great resource simply laid out.
Now, when trying to find the population change by state and/or county, I easily found those data through the same website, the U.S Census Bureau. Not too much different from the previous results I explained, the data was given in easy to read charts/tables.
Documenting Data Sources and other Information
- Washington State -
- County Population – “Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990”
<http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/cencounts/files/wa190090.txt>
- State Population – “Total Population for Washington State”
<http://www.ofm.wa.gov/databook/population/pt01.asp>
- 2000 Census – **This information is INCLUDED in the link provided ABOVE**
- 2000> Population Estimates – “Estimates for the Resident Population”
<http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=uspopulation&met=population&idim=state:53000&q=washington+population+estimates>
- Oregon State -
- County Population – “Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990”
<http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/cencounts/files/or190090.txt>
- State Population – “Resident Population of States”
<http://txsdc.utsa.edu/txdata/apport/hist_a.php>
- 2000 Census – ** This information is INCLUDED in the link provided ABOVE**
- 2000> Population Estimates – “Estimates of the Resident Population”
<http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=uspopulation&met=population&idim=state:41000&q=Oregon+population+estimates>
Sources on Washington
- Wikipedia.org
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington>
- Infoplease.com
<http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0861870.html>
- WA Office of Financial Management
<http://www.ofm.wa.gov/news/release/2009/090629.asp>
Sources on Oregon
- Wikipedia.org
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon>
- Oregon Labor Market Information Systems
<http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00006454>
- Population Brief
<http://wrdc.usu.edu/files/uploads/Population/Oregon_WEB.pdf>
