Seize the Data! Census Bureau Resources for Librarians

Sunday, July 31, 2022

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

Location: Richardson Ballroom - Convention Center

Primary Speaker(s)

Tyson Weister

Survey Statistician
U.S. Census Bureau, United States

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Speaker(s)

Vicki Mack, PhD

Statistician
U.S. Census Bureau, United States
Michael Arthur

Geographer
U.S. Census Bureau
Dunkirk, Maryland, United States

The U.S. Census Bureau provides a fresh portrait of America’s people and is a leading source of quality data for your patrons. Key data from the 2020 American Community Survey and Decennial Census are now available through data.census.gov and other tools. Join this session for a live demonstration of the recently improved navigation on data.census.gov to learn how to access data you need for your research. This session also features an overview of the American Community Survey, and a segment on census geography. You will learn the basics of geography hierarchies, relationships, and easy-to-use geography reference tools that enable you to visualize boundary changes over time and find geographies for a particular address.

Learning Objectives:

Access data from the decennial census and American Community Survey (ACS) on the recently updated data.census.gov
Understand the difference between ACS and the decennial census
Visualize the latest geographic boundaries and Census data
Retrieve a list of geographies associated with a particular address through the Census Geocoder