Census Bureau Web Site

URL: http://www.census.gov/

Press releases of current demographic, economic, and housing trends
Historic income and poverty data; national population projections
American Factfinder
- The Census Bureau's premier database for accessing Decennial Census, Economic Census, and American Community Survey data

Use the Data Sets link on the lefthand side
Choose survey, geography, and subject
Illustrations for using Factfinder appear in American Factfinder and Census 2000

1990 Census Summary Tape Files 1A,1C,1D,3A-3D data for the nation, counties, cities, urbanized areas, metropolitan statistical areas, Congressional Districts, and zip codes. Census tract and block group data are available under the State/County option of STF 3A.
Survey of Income and Program Participation, Current Population Survey, American Housing Survey, and Consumer Expenditure Survey manipulable files; SIPP and CPS may also be searched through Data Ferret
Data from the Current Population Survey may be searched in the novice or expert mode through Data Ferret for the state and metropolitan areas
CENSTAT - Electronic Subscription Service
- Specialized and customized data extraction products
- Includes Census Tract Street Lookup, Annual Survey of Manufactures, and Building Permits
- Documents Center has a password
Census Bureau Subject List A-Z links to publications in various formats
PDF Publications is the full text of most reports since January 1996 in Adobe Acrobat format and free of charge
Catalog of Census Bureau publications and data files
Directory of Census Bureau subject specialists and e-mail addresses
State and local population estimates and projections, although the Michigan Information Center is the primary source for the State of Michigan