The U.S. Census Bureau

Census 2000: The Redistricting Summary Data (Public Law 94-171)

 
 

Date:   February 2001

Description:     This overview of the Redistricting Summary Data (Public Law 94-171) file presents some background on redistricting and discusses geographic and race/Hispanic/ Latino concepts to help users understand the data and walks users through the methods to obtain data. This presentation can be used independently and in other training settings.

Time Required:   30-40 minutes

Prerequisites:  None

Exercise:  None

Instructor
Materials: 31 Powerpoint slides with speaker notes

Participant Materials
and Reference Sources:   Strength in Numbers: Your Guide to Census 2000 Redistricting Data from the U.S. Census Bureau - booklet, issued July 2000
Introduction to Census 2000 Data Products, brochure, issued September 2000
Census 2000 Demonstration Disc: Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data - CD-ROM, issued October 2000
www.census.gov - American FactFinder online data retrieval tool
http://ftp2.census.gov - Census Bureau's File Transfer Protocol site

Credits:   This presentation was prepared by JR Wycinsky of the Marketing Services Office.

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For More Information: Contact the Marketing Services Office @ 301-457-4081

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Marketing Services Office

Last revised: Thursday, 23-Aug-2001 10:32:43 EDT