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Research Methods in Urban and Regional Studies

For Census Tract Data

  • 5th Floor, U. S. Government Publications Collection,
  • SuDocs call number: C 3. 223/11:
  • Master copies for Green Bay kept in Reference Department on 3rd Floor.
  • Data for other states for 1950, 1960, 1970 are kept in a closed remote storage area--ask at the Reference Desk
  • 1960 for Wisconsin--we only have Green Bay. Ask at Reference Desk--kept in a closed area.
  • For 1990 census, only have Wisconsin in paper
  • 1990 & 2000 data available on American Fact Finder web site.
  • NOTE: Most historical publications including the census tract reports are now available for free as PDF or zip files at this Census Bureau website: HOWEVER, at this time the accompanying tract maps are NOT included. http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/index.htm
  • Geolytics CD-ROM Products
    These products come with software that extract census data for use in statistical packages, for making thematic maps, or for importing in to GIS software. The disks are loaded on table four on the third floor of the library and can only be used there. We have disks for 1970, 1980, and 1990.

For Maps to Identify Boundaries of Census Tracts in Wisconsin

  • 1960 Census--supposed to accompany printed reports
  • 1970 Census--in booklets with data for that area (5th floor) GVP US C 3.223/11:
  • 1980 Census --in envelope accompanying data book for that area (5th floor) GVP US C 3.223/11:
  • Note: if something is missing in copy on 5th floor, ask the Reference Staff--master copy kept in a closed area
  • Census Tract Atlas for Wisconsin for 1990 (3rd Floor) REF GVP WI A.3: 1990 26
  • 1990 Census-- http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/trt1990/st55_Wisconsin/
  • 2000 Census http://ftp2.census.gov/plmap/pl_trt/
  • 1990 & 2000 for Green Bay also available in paper --ask Reference staff; kept in a closed area.

Other Tools

  • Samples of all questionnaires from 1790 through 2000 as well as the instructions for the enumerators are in Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 (3rd Floor) REF GVP US C 3.2: M46/2
  • A Guide to State and Local Census Geography (3rd Floor) REF GVP US C 3.6/2: G 29/3
  • Related report from the 2000 census of possible interest : Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000 (5th Floor) GVP US C 3.2: R11/4
  • to determine what was published/released and available formats, check:
    Bureau of the Census Catalog of Publications 1790-1972 (3rd Floor) REF GVP US C 3. 163/2-2: 790-972
    Census Catalog and Guide (covers 1993-1997) (3rd Floor) REF GVP US C 3. 163/3: 997
  • Other statistical sources:
    State and Metropolitan Area Data Book (3rd Floor) REF GVP US C 3.134/5:2006 and
    County and City Data Book: 2000 (3rd Floor) REF GVP US C 3.134/2: C 83/2/2000

revised 31 Jan 2007