Understanding Federal Statistics
October 20-23, 2008 Presentations
Day 1 - Laying the Foundation
Finding Census Bureau Data
Census Bureau Basics
Geographic Entities and Concepts
American FactFinder
Population Estimates and Projections
Day 2 - Economic Data
American Community Survey
Census 2010
Local Employment Dynamics
Economic Programs, Economic Census & North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
Day 3 - Demographic Data and Tools
Housing
Government Data
The DataWeb and DataFerrett
Day 4 - Other Federal Agencies
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Economic Analysis
National Center for Education Statistics