1990 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING: 
USING EXTRACT ON THE INTERNET

Type URL http://www.census.gov
From Menu Select Data Access Tools
	Select 1990 Census Lookup


SELECTED COUNTIES TOTALS
Choose Option STF3A
Highlight the state from United States List 
	Choose Option  Go to level State-County <submit>
Highlight the county from state List <submit>
	Choose Option Retrieve the areas you've selected below <submit>
Choose Data Retrieval Option Choose TABLES 
   Select the tables you wish to retrieve from list <submit>
Choose a data retrieval option:
	* HTML (for plain text table)
	* Tab-delimited (ignore)
	* CODATA (for spreadsheets and DBASE files)
		<submit>

ALL CENSUS TRACTS IN COUNTY
Choose Option STF3A
Highlight the state from United States List
	Choose Option Go to level State-County <submit>
Highlight the county from state list
	Choose Option Go to level State-County-Census Tract <submit>
Choose Option Select/retrieve all of the areas below <submit>
Choose Data Retrieval Option Choose TABLES
	Select the tables you wish to retrieve from list <submit>
Choose a data retrieval option:
	* HTML (for plain text table)
	* Tab-delimited (ignore)
	* CODATA (for spreadsheets and DBASE files)
		<submit>

SELECTED CENSUS TRACTS IN COUNTY
Choose Option STF3A
Highlight the state from United States List
	Choose Option Go to level State-County <submit>
Highlight the county from state List 
	Choose Option Go to level State-County-Census Tract
		<submit>
Highlight one or more census tracts
	Choose Option Retrieve the areas you've selected below <submit>
Choose Data Retrieval Option Choose TABLES
	Select the tables you wish to retrieve from list <submit>
Choose a data retrieval option:
	* HTML (for plain text table)
	* Tab-delimited (ignore)
	* CODATA (for spreadsheets and DBASE files)
		<submit>


SELECTED CITIES
Choose Option STF3A
Highlight the state from United States List
	Choose Option Go to level State-Place 
		<submit>
Highlight one or more places from state List 
	Choose Option Retrieve the areas you've selected below <submit>
Choose Data Retrieval Option Choose TABLES
	Select the tables you wish to retrieve from list <submit>
Choose a data retrieval option:
	* HTML (for plain text table)
	* Tab-delimited (ignore)
	* CODATA (for spreads
		<submit>

BLOCK GROUPS IN TRACT
Choose STF3A
Highlight state
	Choose Option Go to level State-County <submit>
Highlight county
	Choose Option Go to level State-County-Census Tract
Highlight the tract
	Choose Option Go to level State-County-County Subdivision-	Place/Remainder-Census Tract-Block Group <submit>
Highlight one or more block groups <submit>
Choose Data Retrieval Option Choose TABLES
	Select the tables you wish to retrieve from list <submit>
Choose a data retrieval option:
	* HTML (for plain text table)
	* Tab-delimited (ignore)
	* CODATA (for spreads
		<submit>


SELECTED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS
Choose STF3C
Choose Option Go to level Metropolitan Statistical Area <submit>
Highlight one or more MSAs
Choose Option Retrieve the areas you've selected below <submit>
Choose Data Retrieval Option Choose TABLES
	Select the tables you wish to retrieve from list <submit>
Choose a data retrieval option:
	* HTML (for plain text table)
	* Tab-delimited (ignore)
	* CODATA (for spreads
	<submit>



Donna Rubens, Lockwood Business & Documents Reference Center, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY