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Island Areas Censuses Technical Documentation

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Technical documents are designed to help people use published statistics. The resources available for download may vary by census year and can include the following.

Codebooks - Information about the files, including descriptive information on all of the variables.

Data Dictionary - A repository of information describing database attributes including identification of record codes and area characteristics, endnotes, and table section.

Historical Changes - Information for the current census year and prior census years.

Methodology - The methods we use to collect census data and produce the census results, including sampling, questions, collection, review, quality, weighting, etc.

Questionnaires - Find the most recent questionnaire and whether an archive of past questionnaires is available online.

Subject Definitions - Definitions of population, housing and other variables to help you understand the results of a census.

User Notes - Issues affecting the census, including design, collection, processing, tabulation, and release, to be better informed when analyzing stats.

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Complete technical documentation for 2020 Island Areas Censuses data products will be published here once the corresponding data product is available. Planned release dates are listed below.

User note: Once available, each technical document will include documentation for all of the Island Areas. This is a change from past censuses where American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands each had its own separate technical documentation.

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Click the product name below to access technical documentation, resources related to geographic concepts, as well as other resources.

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