Census

Mapping Census Data

This guide lists key sources of Census data covering both the latest releases from the current 2000 Census and data going back to 1790. Print and electronic sources are included.

GIS

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Boston College
GIS is a software system that allows data to be mapped at various geographic levels. B.C. also supports more advanced desktop mapping tools such as ArcGIS. Boston College supports the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in teaching, research and administrative projects.
To learn more about GIS software and services see Finding Spatial Data for Mapping

Interactive Mapping

Census 2000 (GeoLytics)
Contains complete Census 2000 long form data and calculating tools for access to area statistics and mapping.
CensusScope
Data and interactive mapping of key demographic trends back to 1980. Age, race, family structure and income.
MassStats
Interactive Maps and Statistical Views of Massachusetts at the City level with data for Education, Housing, Crime, Politics and Public Health. Click on "I" icon then click on city to view data table.
National Atlas of the United States
Map Census, health, crime and other data.
Neighborhood Change Database (GeoLytics)
Census data with details such as population, household, and housing characteristics, income, poverty status, education level, employment, housing costs, immigration, and other variables. Nationwide to tract-level data from the 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.
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Software creates customized, exportable data and map reports.
NHGIS
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.

PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
PolicyMap is a GIS tool for non-GIS users." PolicyMap is used as a data visualization tool in the social sciences, urban studies and planning, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration and policy, public health, political science, education, environmental studies, business and finance, economics, statistics and geography, among other areas. Downloadable data.

U.S. Maps and Data
Portal to Federal, State and Local Geographic Data. Use filter to access shapefiles.

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