ACCRA Cost of Living Index

Averages prices for goods and services, ranging from a pound of hamburger to housing values, in selective metropolitan areas. Compares the differences between cities using 100 as an average cost. Primarily paper copy. Call Number: Documents Center: HD 6983 .A67 - Stat.Ref.

American Community Survey

Full range of 2000 Census variables: demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics. Samples collected each year and published with a one to four year delay for the nation, states, and areas of 65,000+ (MSAs, counties, cities, Congressional Districts). When fully implemented may include Census tracts. Available through the Census Bureau web site: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ and through American Factfinder: http://factfinder.census.gov/

American Housing Survey

Full range of 1990 Census variables (value, rent, vacancy/occupancy), fuels, equipment, and occupant characteristics published for very large metropolitan areas on a rotating basis. Summary data is located on the Census Bureau web site. Microdata can be obtained through a data extraction system but the paper copy is easier for most people. Call Number: Documents Center: HD 7293 .A23334

Administration on Aging

Web site focused on services to the aging but has state data on the elderly as well as poverty numbers. Links to other federal agencies with interests in aging. Basic URL: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/

CACI - Sourcebook of Demographics for Every Zip Code (CACI)

Current year estimates and five-year projections of households and household size, population, sex, race, age, and household income for zip codes. No metropolitan area, county, or city totals. Paper only. Call Number: Documents Center HA 203 .S661 - Ref. Desk

County Business Patterns

Employment by industry for the United States, states, and counties. The University of Virginia web version provides data by two-digit SIC industry. The paper copy in the Documents Center ( HD 7106 .U5 A2) uses four-digit SIC industry.

County and City Data Book

Issued every five years by the Census Bureau, it provides the most Decennial and Economic Census Data as well as additional information on crime, hospital beds, consumer price index, for states, counties, cities, and places of 2500+. The University of Virginia Library has created a user-friendly interface. Basic URL: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/socsci/ccdb/

Census Bureau

Updates the Decennial Census through its Current Population Survey, American Housing Survey, and Survey of Income and Program Participation. Publications being transferred from print to Internet format as of July 1996. Former traditional printed publications and their URLs include:
Current Population Reports - P20 (Doc. Cen. HA 195 .A39)
• Marital status, households and families, school enrollment, educational attainment
• URL: http://www.census.gov/population/www
Current Population Reports - P23 (Doc. Cen. HA 203 .A223)
• Fertility, age, computer use
• URL: http://www.census.gov/population/www
Current Population Reports - P25 (Doc. Cen. HA 195 .A42)
• Population estimates and projections
• URL: http://www.census.gov/population/www
Current Population Reports - P60 (Doc. Cen. HC 110 .I5 A34)
• Income and poverty
• URL: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www
Survey of Income and Program Participation - P70 (Doc. Cen. HA 203 .A219)
• Family economics, child care arrangements, health care
• URL: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www
While some publications may remain available free of charge on the Internet, others will be included in an Electronic Subscription Service

Crime in Michigan

Annual report by the Michigan State Police on arrests by type of crime for the state, counties, places, and minor civil division. Call Number: Documents Center HV 7571 .M5 A18 - Stat. Ref.

Current Population Survey

Monthly surveys of the labor force and annual demographic surveys of income, poverty, benefits, and other social characteristics. Data issued for the nation, states, large metropolitan areas, and selected central cities. The magnetic tapes are located at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research and accessible to UMich researchers through the Political Science Department's Computer Assistance Program. A joint BLS/Census Bureau product entitled Data Ferret permits the novice and expert to extract data for national, state, and metropolitan areas. The Census Bureau's Data Extraction System provides free access but data must be manipulated once downloaded. See the Census Bureau for a list of the most current surveys available and ICPSR under Census Enumerations for descriptions of individual surveys. The 1993 Income and Poverty Survey is located on CD-ROM in the Documents Center (CD-ROM DoX36), although users may need to be familiar with their own programming.

Demographics USA

Current estimates of population by age and sex, racial percentages, number of households, household income, per capita income, employment by occupation and employment by industry. Five-year projections of population and household size. Microfiche only.
• States, Metropolitan Areas, and Counties: Doc. Cen. SRI Microfiche C1200-2 through 1998; SRI Microfiche C8961-7 beginning 1999
• Cities: Doc. Cen. SRI Microfiche C 1200-7. (Discontinued after 1997)
• Zip Codes: Doc.Cen. SRI Microfiche C 1200-6 through 1998; SRI Microfiche C8961-8 beginning 1999

Detroit Police Department

Annual report on crime in Detroit with some data for precincts. Includes map of precincts. Call Number: HV 7595 .D6 A23 - Stat.Ref. 1995 data by precinct and type of crime is available from Wayne State University's Center for Urban Studies at http://www.cus.wayne.edu/Mimic/crime/cr_2.htm

Disability Statistics

Summary national data on the characteristics of people with disabilities including broad type of disability, employment, education, and income. URL: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disable/html

Editor and Publisher Market Guide

Current-population, number of households, age, per capita income, and household income for metropolitan areas, counties, and cities with daily newspapers. Paper only. Call Number: Graduate Library Information Center: Z 475 .E23

Employment and Earnings

Monthly employment and unemployment statistics on a national basis are cross-classified by detailed socio-economic characteristics. Includes hourly earnings of production or non-supervisory employees in all industries. Monthly state and SMSA data include employment by broad industry, unemployment rates, and average hours and earnings of production workers in manufacturing industries. Paper only. Call Number: Graduate Library Stacks: HD 8051 .A813 with current issues in Documents Center--Stats.Ref.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Annual summaries of crime for the nation and large metropolitan areas available on the web. URL: http://www.fbi.gov/. More geographic detail available in the printed Uniform Crime Reports

Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment

Annual employment and unemployment data for Census regions, divisions, states, metropolitan areas, and selected cities. Tables cross-classified by occupation, industry, age, sex, or race. Issued in BLS Bulletin Series (Graduate Library Stacks: HD 8051 .A62). The latest edition is 1992, Bulletin no. 2428. Also available in the Documents Center on ASI Microfiche: 6744-7.

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (FRB)

Approval and denial rates of individual banks for new mortgages, home improvements, and refinancing. Type in address to obtain state, metro area, county, and census tract number. Links to 1990 Census data about tract as well as projections of current year's median income. Basic URL: http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/

Housing and Urban Development Department

National, regional, and metropolitan area data on new homes, sales, and occasionally rent. Housing Market Conditions is a quarterly press release. Basic URL: http://huduser.org/

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Annual national immigration data by country of origin and immigrant characteristics. Basic URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/ins/. More detailed geographic data available in the Statistical Yearbook of Immigration.

Local Area Employment and Unemployment

Monthly and annual estimates of the labor force, employment, and unemployment for states, labor market areas, counties, and cities over 50,000. Use the BLS Selective Access web option. Choose Local Area Employment and Unemployment, then Not Seasonally Adjusted, and then geographic area. System MAY require lots of computer memory and an ethernet connection. Basic URL: http://stats.bls.gov:80/sahome.html

Michigan Department of Community Health

Statewide, Detroit, and Wayne County data on births, pregnancy, deaths by cause, cancer, and health care. Basic URL: http://www.mdmh.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/index.htm

Michigan Department of Education

Statistics include the Michigan Schools Report with school enrollment and test scores for the State, counties, school districts (not necessarily contiguous with city boundaries), and individual schools. Basic URL: http://www.mde.state.mi.us/

Michigan Employment Security Commission

Monthly employment and unemployment data for the state, metropolitan areas, and rural labor market areas. Data located among its other press releases. URL: http://198.109.161.244/media/PressRel.cfm

Michigan Health Statistics

Detailed state and county statistics on conditions of birth and cause of death as well as summary marriage and divorce statistics for the state. Call Number: Public Health RA 87 .B65 and Documents Center: SRI Microfiche S4000-3.

Michigan Information Center

Population estimates and projections for Michigan, its counties, and metropolitan areas. URL: http://www.michigan.gov/census/

Michigan Metropolitan Information Center

Data products include 1994/95 zip code census updates, zip code maps, and an analysis of subcommunity data, such as health and population estimates for Wayne County. Current crime by type for Detroit police precincts and cities within Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties. URL: http://www.cus.wayne.edu/

Money Magazine Best Places to Live

Rates 300 metropolitan areas as places to live. Individual ratings for crime, housing, weather, education, economy, health, transit, and cultural factors. Basic URL: http://pathfinder.com/money/best-cities-97/

Monthly Vital Statistics Report

Monthly national and state birth, death, marriage, and divorce figures beginning July 1994. Mortality statistics categorized by age/race/sex or disease on a national level. Available only in Adobe Acrobat format. Basic URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/msvr/msvr.htm

National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research provides web access to an extensive file of National Institute on Aging data tapes on aging, although most surveys pre-date the 1990 Census. URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/nacda/

National Center for Education Statistics

While the NCES collects extensive data on education and schools, its primary Internet publication is the Digest of Education Statistics with national data on schools enrollment, teachers, finances, and educational outcomes. Basic URL: http://www.ed.gov/NCES/

Large web site of birth statistics cross-classified by various factors, death statistics classified by cause, marriage, and divorce. Most files are large and only available in Adobe Acrobat format. Paper alternative is Vital Statistics of the United States (qv). Basic URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/nchshome.htm

Occupational Compensation Survey

Weekly earnings of office and plant staff for large metropolitan areas. Occupations include professional, administrative, technical, clerical, personnel, and computer staff. The paper copy is issued as part of the BLS Bulletin Series (Graduate Library Stacks HD 8051.A62) and the microfiche as Documents Center ASI [year] 6785-16. Use the Statistical Masterfile CD-ROM in the Documents Center to identify the publication number for an individual city. Data is also available selectively through the BLS web site: http://www.bls.gov/ocsdata.htm

Places Rated Almanac

Rates Metropolitan Statistical Areas as possible places for relocation. Factors include income, cost of living, housing, recreation, health care, and weather. Paper copy only. Call Number: Documents Center HN 60 .B79 - Reference

Regional Economic Information System, 1969+ (UVa)

Personal income by source, per capita income, income by two-digit SIC industry, full and part-time employment by industry, and regional economic profiles. Data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas 1969-1994. URL: http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/reis/

School District Estimates of Poverty 1995

Census Bureau data on total population, school-age population (5-17), and school-age children (5-17) living in poverty, 1995/96. Files arranged by state; data may be downloaded in ASCII format. Separate file for U.S. as a whole. Michigan Data. URL: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/saipe95/sch_over.html

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates

Annual estimates of median household income, percent poor, and children in poverty for states and counties. URL: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe93.html

Southeast Michigan Council of Governments

Planning organization for all communities within Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties, Michigan. Community Profiles provides the most current statistical data for all cities and townships within the region, including: Population and job forecasts to the year 2020; Employment by industry and Residential construction for past three years. A Regional Profile covers population, employment, transportation and environmental (e.g. waste) data for the SEMCOG planning area DataSets permits users to ftp raw population/economic forecast data as well as information on major facilities, traffic, and building permits. Basic URL: http://www.semcog.org/

Statistical Information on Aging

Current profile of aging population (demographic characteristics, health, income), population projections to 2050, and and estimates of state aging population. Annotated links to Administration on Aging and other federal sources of statistical information Basic URL: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/stats/statpage.html.

Statistical Yearbook of Immigration

Detailed national and state immigration by country of origin. Older issues available in the Graduate Library stacks as JV 6414.A4 Current issues only available on microfiche in the Documents Center as ASI [year] 6264-2

Uniform Crime Reports

Annual crime data by crime type for the nation, states, counties, and cities of 10,000 or more. Call Number: Documents Center HV 6787 .A3 - Stat. Ref.

USA Counties

Population and housing variables (age, ancestry, race, education, income, and poverty for each county in the nation with some updates from the Current Population Survey. 1992 economic census data (manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, service industries) as well as government employment and finance. Non-Census data includes federal funds, current employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, election data through 1992, health, Social Security beneficiaries, and vital statistics (births, marriages, deaths). Data may be retrieved for an individual county or comparisons between counties can be requested. Basic URL: http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html

U.S. Populations (NIH)

Annual county population estimates by five-year age groups, race and sex, 1973-1996, Data in compressed format arranged by state and must be downloaded. Documentation in Adobe Acrobat format. Basic URL: http://www-seer.ims.nci.nih.gov/USPops

Vital Statistics of the United States

Annual publication of the National Center for Health Statistics with detailed birth and death statistics for the U.S., states, regions, metropolitan areas, counties, and cities. Data published several years after the fact. Marriage and divorce data is being suspended. Call number: Documents Center HA 203 .A25 - Stat.Ref

Indexes federal, state government, and international statistical publications. Especially useful for identifying government documents for states outside Michigan which contain population estimates and projections. Publications identified on the CD-ROM are located in the Documents Center on microfiche. Location: Documents Center

Index to Current Urban Documents

Identifies publications issued by local government agencies in the United States, including planning documents and statistical data. Arranged alphabetically by city with county and regional documents subsumed under the city heading. Indexed by subject. The Documents Center maintains a microfiche archive of Michigan local government documents. Those not available at the University of Michigan are available on Inter-Library Loan. Call Number: Doc. Cen. Z 7165 .U5 I38

Written by Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
Second edition by Elizabeth Breakstone
The University of Michigan Library
Corrections to govdocs@umich.edu

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