decennial census questions, data from past years censuses

geneshackman 7 months ago

Hi all

Not a question about the ACS but a question about past decennial censuses.

1. Is there a similar discussion group about decennial censuses? Or is it okay to ask questions on this group?

2. I want to show trends using decennial censuses, for example, New York State population from the 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020 censuses, by race and ethnicity. So number of non-Hispanic or Latino Whites in 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, number of non-Hispanic or Latino Black or African Americans in 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, number of non-Hispanic or Latino Asians in 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, number of Hispanics or Latinos, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, and total population in 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020. Maybe add in 1980. All of this for New York State.

I can't quite tell how far back data.census.gov goes, but not to 1990.

Thanks

Gene Shackman, Applied Sociologist.

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Beth Jarosz 7 months ago

Hi Gene -

There isn't a decennial discussion group yet, but we're planning to launch a community for that! (If you're interested in participating in the design of the decennial community, feel free to apply: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=69aEemusNUO335dnBNSNwXXpzqKfB25NmdiLuXIf7rZUMlAzOEE1NDJIV1MzUzQ3NlhaNDRYNTVHWi4u)

For historical decennial census data, race/ethnicity questions and coding changed dramatically between 1980 and 2020, so I'd be cautious about any comparisons over time. And you're right that data.census.gov has redistricting data for 2000, 2010, and 2020 Census, but not for 1980 and 1990.

For older data, you could try the historical series on census.gov https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/data/tables.1990.html

Still, the simplest option might be to use IPUMS.
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Beth Jarosz 7 months ago

Hi Gene -

There isn't a decennial discussion group yet, but we're planning to launch a community for that! (If you're interested in participating in the design of the decennial community, feel free to apply: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=69aEemusNUO335dnBNSNwXXpzqKfB25NmdiLuXIf7rZUMlAzOEE1NDJIV1MzUzQ3NlhaNDRYNTVHWi4u)

For historical decennial census data, race/ethnicity questions and coding changed dramatically between 1980 and 2020, so I'd be cautious about any comparisons over time. And you're right that data.census.gov has redistricting data for 2000, 2010, and 2020 Census, but not for 1980 and 1990.

For older data, you could try the historical series on census.gov https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/data/tables.1990.html

Still, the simplest option might be to use IPUMS.
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