From: gerald_a_levy (gerald_a_levy@msn.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 19:58:26 EST
I got this via email today. Some of you might be interested. Note the cost! In practice I guess this means that most researchers using this data will require grants and funding. In solidarity, Jerry > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Long Form (SF3) Data Now Available for All 50 States from GeoLytics > From: questions@uscensus.info > Date: Wed, December 4, 2002 6:41 pm > One of the most valuable reference tools has just been released - > CensusCD 2000 Long Form. > > Anyone who needs demographic, housing, economic or population > Information about the US will want CensusCD 2000 Long Form. It > includes such variables as income, housing value, employment, > education, poverty, ancestry, commute to work, etc. For a complete list > of variables go to > http://www.uscensus.info/census2000/lf_variables.htm . > The data is available from the Nation down to Tract, Zip code > and the Block Group level. There are 5,500 variables available > at the Block Group level, and an additional 11,000 are available > at the Tract level and above. > > This data set will be the basis for most demographic analysis for the > next ten years. GeoLytics has made it easy to query the data so that > you can run a report for just the data you want to see for only the > geographies you specify. This data set is so complete that it is on 4 > CD's. The cost for CensusCD 2000 Long Form is $895 for the nation or > $449 for a single state. > > If you are interested in time series analysis we recommend the > CensusCD Neighborhood Change Data Base. It has Tract level data from > 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000. This product offers the data in the > census-defined geographies as well as 1970, 1980 and 1990 normalized to > 2000 boundaries for exact comparisons of demographic changes over time. > Our Long Form version of this product will be out at the end of 2002. > The price for this product is $1195 for the Short Form > version with a $400 upgrade to the Long Form version (it will be > $1,595 in it's final format). > > All of our census-based products come with built-in mapping > capabilities. With a few quick keystrokes you can generate full-blown > maps or tables. You can export the file data into other programs > such as statistical (e.g. SAS, SPSS), database (e.g. Access, Oracle), > spreadsheet (e.g. Excel, 1-2-3), and mapping (e.g. Arc View, MapInfo) > packages. > > For a fuller product description or list of variables for our products, > please go to our website at http: > http://www.uscensus.info/census2000.htm > > If you want to order or have questions about any of these products, > > - Call us at 1-800-577-6717; > - Send us an email at questions@uscensus.info > - To order on-line go to http://www.uscensus.info/order.htm > > If you do not wish to receive further emails, please send an email to > remove@USCensus.info with 'Remove' in the subject line. > > To be added to the newsletter subscription list send an email to > info@USCensus.info with 'Add' in the subject line.
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