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Census 2000 Products and Assistance
Both the Census Catalog and the Census Product Update provide
information on how to order Census Bureau products.
You can access the Census Catalog from the Census
Bureau’s homepage or at https://catalog.mso.census.gov/.
The Catalog has a “Census 2000” category that pulls together all
available titles and gives short descriptions of the Census 2000 products
that are for sale. You also may order products through the Customer
Services Center at 301-763-INFO (4636).
The Census Product Update is a biweekly publication with information
on recently released and key upcoming Census Bureau data products.
In addition, it often has user hints and updates for online products.
Subscribe to the e-mail Update or view it online at: http://www.census.gov/mp/www/cpu.html
Where To Go For Assistance
The Census Bureau has a nationwide network to help users in getting census
information. The web page http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/groupcnr.html
links to the descriptions for and locations of program participants where
users can receive in-depth assistance in using Census 2000 products and
data.
Resources for census information include:
- Census Bureau’s 12 Regional Offices with Partnership and Data
Services staff who conduct data workshops, seminars and training sessions
on a variety of census topics. They respond to inquiries via telephone,
e-mail, etc. The web page http://www.census.gov/field/www/
lists local information and services that each of the offices provides.
There is also a map showing the region covered by each of the offices.
Contact information for the Regional Offices is as follows:
| Atlanta |
404-730-3833 |
| Boston |
617-424-0510 |
| Charlotte |
704-344-6144 |
| Chicago |
708-562-1740 |
| Dallas |
214-253-4481 |
| Denver |
303-969-7750 |
| Detroit |
313-259-1875 |
| Kansas City |
913-551-6711 |
| Los Angelos |
818-904-6339 |
| New York |
212-264-4730 |
| Philadelphia |
215-656-7578 |
| Seattle |
206-553-5835 |
- State Data Centers (located in state agencies, universities,
libraries, and regional and local governments. The State Data
Centers also provide training and technical assistance, among other
services);
- Census Information Centers, located at 57 national, regional,
and local non-profit organizations, which represent and serve the interests
of underserved communities;
- Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) disseminates information
products from all three branches of the Government to more than 1,300
libraries nationwide. Libraries identified as Regional Depository Libraries
usually have extensive collections of Census Bureau publications and
electronic products. Other depository libraries often have a more limited
selection of census products but each should have publications for their
own state. All library depository publications are available to
the public.
Census 2000 contacts
For questions that require an expert (e.g. language spoken at home, disability,
commuting, residence rules), there is a list contacts at http://www.census.gov/contacts/www/c-census2000.html
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