Chapter 3. Census Concepts

Authors

  • Frank Donnelly

Abstract

Chapter 3 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 4), “Census Concepts,” provides an overview of fundamental census concepts that serve as organizing principles for all the datasets and are necessary for understanding how to access and interpret statistics. These include census geography; subject categories such as age, sex, and race; and the organization of data in tables.

Author Biography

Frank Donnelly

Frank Donnelly is the GIS and Data Librarian at Brown University Library in Providence, Rhode Island, where he supports geospatial and demographic research on campus and coordinates the library’s data services program. He is an affiliated staff member of the Population Studies Training Center (PSTC) and the author of Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data as well as several articles and reports on census data and the geography of US public libraries. Visit his website to learn more about his work: https://atcoordinates.info/.

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Published

2022-06-06

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 4 (2022): May/June

Section

Chapters