Total population | Number of housing units |
Race | Tenure(i.e. renter- or owner-occupied) |
Hispanic or Latino origin | Vacancy status |
Sex | Various cross-tabs with tenure |
Age | Occupancy status |
Marital status | Urban and rural |
Household size | Group Quarters |
Household relationships | |
Household race and ethnicity | |
Families |
Summary Level |
Geographic Unit |
010 | United States |
020 | Region - Northeast (NE), Midwest (MW), South (S) and West (W) Regions |
030 |
Division - NE -New England, Mid Atlantic; MW - East North Central, West
North Central; S - South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central; W - Mountain, Pacific |
040 | State - includes Washington D.C. |
050 | County |
060 | County Subdivision |
070 | Place |
080 | Census Tract / Block Numbering Area - average 4,000 persons |
090 | Block Group - average 1,000 persons |
100 | Block - average 85 persons |
Summary Level | Geographic Unit |
040 |
|
050 |
|
140 |
|
150 |
|
Summary Level | Geographic Unit |
400 | Urbanized Areas |
300 | Metropolitan Areas (MSAs, CMSAs) |
200 | American Indian and Alaska Native areas |
800 | ZIP codes |
A visualization of the Census Bureau's geographic hierarchy/summary levels
Response Rates for the ACSThe section of these notes entitled "Introduction to the U.S. Census of Population and Housing" is adapted from a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation created by Qing Shen for a lecture he delivered to the MIT class 11.208 on January 21, 1997.
Census 2010 Release Dates
Census 2010 Data Product Descriptions
An Overview: Race and Hispanic Origin and the 2010 Census
Last modified by mailto:schulthe@mit.edu on 27 January 2015.