Using the County and City Data Book on CD
C 3.134/2-1:

Gayle Gunderson
Wichita State University


Introduction:

The County & City Data Book brings together a variety of social and economic data from the Census Bureau and other sources.  Tables cover population, age, money and personal income, education, housing ownership and value.  The report also includes births, deaths, poverty, local government finance and employment, health care and human services.  In addition, tables show data on business, banking, climate, elections and social programs.  The CD version contains more data for incorporated and unincorporated places than the book version (also abailable in Gov Doc Ref at 
C 3.134/2:C 83/2	[orange sticker section!]).

Also available at this Internet site:  http://www.census.gov/stat_abstract/ccdb.html

Data Time Span:	1980 to 1992

Geographic areas covered:

United States, regions, divisions, individual States, counties, incorporated cities of 25,000 or more and places of 2,500 or more.


To use at the Gov Docs CD Workstation:

1. Use terminal no. 1 and place the CD in the CD drive.

2. Choose Commerce Dept., then Census Bureau, then County and City Data Book and finally County and City Data Book 1994.

3. Choose the geographic level to be searched (U.S. states, state groups, counties, 
cities of 25,000 or more or places of 2,500 or more).

4. Select a subject (examples are ?population by race?, ?households?, ?vital statistics and health care?, ?money income?, ?education?, etc.)

5. The table you chose will appear.  Below the table the unit is defined, whether it?s a percent or an absolute number, and the description is given.

6. Menu options are at the bottom and include:

? P   to print 

? C   to copy or download

(Select a geographic area, choose ?C? for ?copy? selected, choose your desired file type from these choices; ASCII .txt, ASCII .del, dBase III .DBE and Lotus .wk1;  and then name the file)

? B   to browse: 

(Say that you have highlighted ?Family Households in 1980".  Hit ?B? for browse, and the top half of your screen will show your chosen county along with other counties in the state and U.S.  Use   the arrow keys to browse and compare.)

? L    (legend) explains the symbols and codes the table might have

? G   geographic levels (these show in the upper right hand corner)

? F   footnotes (if there are any)


7. To end your session, hit the ?ESC? key until you have backed out of the program.



Gayle Gunderson
Wichita State University