Guide to the
2002 Economic Census

• Simple to use
• Look just like the printed reports issued from previous censuses
• Includes almost all Economic Census data
• Free at www.census.gov.
• Can be printed out. See Print on demand below.

CD-ROM / DVD-ROM

• All of the data in a form easy to manipulate.
• Win2000, 98, and NT users get powerful yet easy-to-use software that can answer simple questions or provide a complete economic profile for an area.
• Users can select, reformat, and rank the numbers, and then export the data to a spreadsheet or other application for further manipulation.
• The most comprehensive medium for 2002 Economic Census data.
• Sold by subscription only, with discs updated quarterly as more publications become available.
• For sale from Census Customer Services, starting in 2004.
• Data from previous censuses back to 1987 are available on CD-ROM as well, although CD-ROMs for 1992 and earlier use different access software.

American FactFinder

• Accessible via www.census.gov or factfinder.census.gov
• "Database" format, with functions similar to the CD-ROMs, including export to ASCII and html formats.
• Simple displays through Industry Quick Reports and Geography Quick Reports (See tutorial)
• Customized queries through the "data sets" option (See tutorial)
• Free at www.census.gov.

Drill-down tables

• The quickest access to facts
• The simplest navigation to other data and to definitions of terms.
• Accesses the most frequently used data.
• Free at www.census.gov/econ2002.

• Each electronic format can generate printed output at your own workstation.
• Printed output from PDFs looks just like tables in printed reports.
• Census Customer Services can print and bind any PDF report on demand, priced at $25 or more per report, depending on the number of pages.

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