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Census Research Guide: 2010

About the 2010 Census

Census Bureau's "By Decade" website - includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more

Highlights

  • 23rd decennial census
  • US population: 308,745,538
  • California population: 37,253,956
  • Long form (sample data) discontinued, replaced by the American Community Survey (ACS)

Questions asked (see questionnaire)

Information obtained from all persons: Age, Sex, Race, Hispanic or Latino origin, Household relationship, Tenure (housing unit owned or rented), Vacancy characteristics

Finding Statistics

Social Explorer - remote access limited to UCSD affiliates

data.census.gov - see what data is included


Finding Publications & Data Files

Find all 2010 census publications in the library catalog.

Selected publications:

Population and Housing Unit Counts [ C 3.223/5:2010-CPH-2- ]

Data files:

Census 2010 redistricting data (Public Law 94-171)

Summary file 1 [ C 3.282:2010/DISC 1-2/DVD ]

Summary file 2