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U.s. Census Bureau: Gazetteer Files
The U.S. Gazetteer Files provide a listing of all geographic areas for selected geographic area types. The files include geographic identifier codes, names, area measurements, and representative latitude and longitude coordinates. There...
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United States Census Bureau: Current Population Survey
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey has been conducted for more than 50 years. The CPS is the primary...
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U.s. Census Bureau: Quick Facts
Check out a table of census statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
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Nara: Teaching With Documents: Little House in Census: Almanzo and Laura Wilder
Data from the 1880 and the 1900 Censuses, and how these relate to the lives of Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder, are presented here. There are also ideas for teaching using primary sources.
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Pbs Teachers: Earth Day: What We Do Adds Up
Explore averages and rates of change and apply to calculate the cumulative effect of garbage thrown out by people over time. Use population data from the U.S. Bureau of Census to estimate how much garbage your county threw away during...
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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Deep Crisis: Salmon Counting
In this lesson, students can explore the techniques of census and population counting by inferring numbers of a virtual population illustrated within a rectangular sampling grid, and observing the accuracy of the technique in relation to...
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U.s. Census Bureau: 2014 Public Elementary Secondary Education Finance Data
This site has statistics on public education finance.
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Demographics/data Bases
This Business Nation site has links to numerous actual demographic databases such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the United States Census Bureau. It is a good site to attain actual data on the various demographic categories.
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U.s. Census Bureau: Income Inequality
This U.S. Census Bureau site is a brief look at U.S. Income Inequality and includes links to full reports and census data explaining this issue. It is a good site for the serious student.
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U. S. Census Bureau: Voting and Registration
This US Census Bureau site provides data on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, voter projections and historical trends.
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Business plans.org: Demographics
This page offers links to many resources needed for demographic studies, including population studies, consumer demographics, U.S. Census data files, a reference tool to the world's population literature, World Wide Web visitor...
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Mla: Language Map
An interesting, interactive way to view the many languages spoken in the United States. This site is filled with data, interpretation of data, interactive maps, ways to use the data, and ways to compare languages spoken in states.
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Uscb: Us Government: Us Census Bureau
Site provides census data for housing, population data, people, and much more.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
The homepage of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. This site provides national, international, regional, and bureau-wide information. You can click on a link titled "GDP and related data" to get more...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Population Growth Project
In this collection of nine lessons, students use data from the U.S. Census to create population growth models and to examine the impact of changes in population factors such as age, demographic, etc.
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
Census data is available here for extraction in various configurations--provides a resource for math and social studies collaboration analyzing and sorting data.
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South Dakota Department of Education
Links take the viewer to data and information about all aspects of education within the state (e.g., accreditation, school finance, alternative education, transportation, legislation affecting education, and various services for teachers...
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Wnet: Thirteen: Circle Graph Analysis and Creation
This site, which is provided for by WNET, gives a great way to practice using circle graphs through these exercises. One is analyzing a pie graph from the Census Bureau and the other creating pie charts using government data.
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Us Census Bureau: Population Pyramid Graph for Canada
Graphs showing the population pyramids of Canada from the year 2018. Shows a comparison of males versus females.
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Lookups
Search the U.S. for information you might need or want just for the fun of it. Look up everything from addresses, zip codes, distances, phone numbers, radio stations, schools, labor statistics, crime statistics, demographics, and much...
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Canada: Thematic Maps
At this site find examples of thematic maps from the Canadian census. "A thematic map shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific data themes for standard geographic areas."
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Cities
This lesson plan shows that by studying the population of the U.S. through census figures, middle schoolers can learn about interesting cultural and economic trends.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Salaries
Use the information from the U.S. Census to determine if women will ever earn as much money as men.
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Population Pyramids
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
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