Subject Librarian: Lora Amsberryaugier, lamsberr@uno.edu, 504.280.7276

Links to Census Data

• U.S. Census Bureau homepage
  http://www.census.gov
• American FactFinder – Census data from 1990 and 2000
  http://factfinder.census.gov/

• Glossary of terms used in the census
  http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/glossary.html
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas – definitions
  http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html

• Chart listing questions used by each census
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/census2/censubj.pdf

• U.S Census Bureau - Louisiana Data (Quick Facts)
  http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22000.html
• Louisiana Census Homepage
  Links to census information from the Louisiana state government website.
  http://www.state.la.us/census/2000/demographic.htm
• Louisiana Census Facts
  Summary File 1 database of Louisiana census data
  http://www.doa.state.la.us/censussf1/census.cfm
• US Census print, microfiche, and CD/DVD materials on Louisiana from 1940 to 2000 available at this library
  Louisiana Census Materials
• Availability of data for specific small geographic divisions within Louisiana
  Availability

• Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
  http://www.gnocdc.org/index.html
  This organization is funded to support nonprofit organizations to use data in their planning and grant writing activities. This web site is a great resource for New Orleans data.
  UNO students with questions about census data should contact Lora Amsberryaugier, UNO Library, Federal Documents Librarian.
• Hurricane Katrina - Livability Statistics - http://uspolitics.about.com/od/katrina/l/bl_katrina_stats.htm

Historical Data for New Orleans

• New Orleans Census Tract data 1950 go to page 22 of the pdf file (large file 17.78 MB).
• Fee based access to electronic data from 1940-1970 is available from the National Archives