The U.S. Constitution requires a population and housing census every 10 years. According to the Census Bureau website, the massive undertaking has been referred to as the largest peacetime mobilization in U.S. history. The effort employs some of the most sophisticated technical and operational knowledge and tools available, as well as a work force of more than 500,000 enumerators to count every man, woman and child once, and only once, and in the right place. Census results are the basis for congressional representation as well as the distribution of federal, state and local funds totaling more than $300 billion annually.

MRCOG hosts a wide array of Census data available for viewing and downloading.

Census data represent a snapshot in time-- that is, where people were and what they were doing when the census was taken on April 1, 2000. The Mid-Region Council of Governments has obtained and formatted 2000 data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census for those who may need the data.

There are two types of data: 100-percent count and sample.

1. The 100-percent count, or “short-form” data, includes the results from questions that were asked of all census respondents. The data pertain to population and households.
2. Sample data, or “long-form” data, was collected from approximately one in every six households. There was some variation in the sampling: in rural areas the sample was one in every two households while in the densest urban areas the sample was one in every eight households. The data are much more detailed than the 100-percent count, and pertain to a wide array of demographic, housing, social, and economic variables.

Both short-form and long-form questionairres can be viewed here. 

The 2000 Census data formatted by MRCOG is available in Excel file format. The data has been organized by County, Place, Tribal Lands, and Census Tracts. Places include both municipalities and Census Designated Places (CDP).

A CDP is an unincorporated community which has been defined by the Census Bureau as a place. The Census Bureau with local input has defined the boundaries of the CDPs. Tribal Lands include both the area inside a reservation or pueblo as well as trust land. For enumeration purposes, the Census Bureau has subdivided counties into tracts.

Instructions

First find the topic you are interested in along the left hand side, and the geographic area you would like that data for along the top. (BC = Bernalillo County etc.) Each cell with an "X" signifies that there is a data table attached in Excel. Click the "X" to open the table.

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