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 ACSThis section of the 'lecture 5' notes on "Making Sense of the Census" is entitled "Introduction to the U.S. Census of Population and Housing" and 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
Written by Joe Ferreria and Qing Shen; last modified by mailto:schulthe@mit.edu on 27 January 2015.