Everything you ever wanted to know about the U.S. Census...
but were afraid to ask!
Well, maybe not everything, but a great deal of information is available at this site.
Intergrated Public Use Microdata Series - IPUMS
http://usa.ipums.org/usa/
IPUMS-USA is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing United States census data. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota and others.
Its goals are to:
Collect and preserve data and documentation
Harmonize data
Disseminate the data absolutely free!
Major Collaborators:
FamilySearch.org and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
National Archives and Records Administration, Central-Plains Federal Records Center
SocialExplorer.com and CUNY-Queens College, Andrew Beveridge and Ahmed Lacvic
U.S. Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies, Todd K. Gardner
"It gives an interesting statement of purpose on the home page, and lots of census information. What one of my researchers here in Lake Zurich is doing is printing out the questions that were asked of people for the 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 censuses and using those questions when she is interviewing family members. 'What do you think you answered when you were filling out this census?' The web site also provides all of the same information from 1850-1930, the printable census forms for 1850-1930 will provide the questions/columns necessary. I always keep a printout handy when I’m teaching someone.” - Carol Bartlett
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