Guide to the
2002 Economic Census

• Simple to use
• Look just like the printed reports issued from previous censuses
• Includes almost all Economic Census data
• Free at www.census.gov.
• Can be printed out. See Print on demand below.

DVD-ROM

• All of the data in a form easy to manipulate.
• Win XP, 2000, 98, and NT users get powerful yet easy-to-use software that can answer simple questions or provide a complete economic profile for an area.
• Data files in mdb format can also be used on non-Windows platforms.
• Users can select, reformat, and rank the numbers, and then export the data to a spreadsheet or other application for further manipulation.
• A comprehensive medium for 2002 Economic Census data and maps.
• Software can be set to download more recently released data from an FTP site.
• Sold by subscription only, with discs updated periodically as more publications become available.
• For sale from Census Customer Services.
• Data from previous censuses back to 1987 are available on CD-ROM, although CD-ROMs for 1992 and earlier use different access software.
• More information about 2002 DVD-ROMs

American FactFinder

• Accessible via www.census.gov or factfinder.census.gov
• "Database" format, with functions similar to the DVD-ROMs, including export to ASCII and html formats.
• Simple displays through Industry Quick Reports and Geography Quick Reports
• Customized queries through the "data sets" option (See tutorial)
• Free at www.census.gov.

Drill-down tables

• The quickest access to facts
• The simplest navigation to other data and to definitions of terms.
• Accesses the most frequently used data.
• Free at www.census.gov/econ2002.

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