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How to download
and use US Census 2000 data in MapInfo in three easy stages
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| Updated January 2004 |
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| Data from the US Census 2000 can be downloaded and mapped using MapInfo.
This guide takes you through the downloading and mapping step-by-step. This
guide has been formatted for printing so you may wish to print it for reference
while working. |
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| Important: The boundary files available in the
Map Room (State, County, County sub-division, Tract, Block group and Urban
areas) have been modified to include a geographic identifier field. Boundary
files on the Census website do not have this field, which is required to
join the tabular data to the map. |
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| Get Census
2000 TIGER/Line Data to add to your census mapping |
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Shapefiles can be opened directly in MapInfo
7.0 or imported into earlier versions. |
| Download Census 2000 TIGER/Line Data in shapefile
format for an area of interest. Users can choose multiple data layers
for a single county or a single data layer for multiple counties.
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| What about 1990 data? |
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| 1990 boundary data files are also
available in the Map Room. |
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| This guide assumes that you are familiar with using MapInfo. If you
have not used it before, have a look at
MapInfo - an easy guide for new users |
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| If you need more information about the US Census, have
a look at the US Census Bureau at http://www.census.gov/
. You can download information in pdf format, powerpoint slides, etc. |
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| 1. Download data |
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| 2. Format the data file |
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| 3. Create thematic map(s) |
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Map Room
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