U.S. Census Fact Finder.http://factfinder.census.gov/ For U.S. demographic data, the primary website to browse is the American FactFinder, which is operated and maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census . The website is basically an interactive interface to an extremely powerful database engine for Census 2000 data, 1990 data, the American Community Survey The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. data, and 2002 Economic Census data. For Census 2000 data, the amount of data available by race and ethnic subgroups is quite staggering. The site is navigable NAVIGABLE. Capable of being navigated. 2. In law, the term navigable is applied to the sea, to arms of the sea, and to rivers in which the tide flows and reflows. 5 Taunt. R. 705; S. C. Eng. Com. Law Rep. 240; 5 Pick. R. 199; Ang. Tide Wat. 62; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. but in order to optimally use the available data, a user needs to invest some time in learning and training. American FactFinder's main strength is that it is truly data rich, but it's biggest weakness is that the system is quite complex, and one can be overwhelmed o·ver·whelm tr.v. o·ver·whelmed, o·ver·whelm·ing, o·ver·whelms 1. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline. 2. a. by the information available without some orientation or training on how to use it. The Census Bureau has started to conduct two-hour orientation and training sessions for free through non-profit support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services organizations such as the San Francisco-based CompassPoint (http://www.compasspoint.org/). |
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