Books on the Census

Bibliographies | Glossaries, Handbooks & Encyclopedias | General Monographs | Census Geography

• Bureau of the Census Catalog of Publications, 1790-1972.
  • Zumberge Gov Docs Reference, Z7554 .U5 U58 1974
  • Includes Henry Dubester's Catalog of United States Census Publications, 1790-194
    
    
• Dubester's U.S. Census Bibliography with SuDocs Class Numbers and Indexes.  Kevin L. Cook
  • Zumberge Gov Docs Reference, HA214 .C66 199
    
    
• Population Information in Nineteenth Century Census Volumes.  Suzanne Schulze
  • Zumberge Gov Docs Reference, HA214 S384 198
    
    
• Population Information in Twentieth Century Census Volumes: 1900-1940.  Suzanne Schulze
  • Zumberge Gov Docs Reference, HA214 .S385 198
    
    
• Population Information in Twentieth Century Census Volumes: 1950-1980.  Suzanne Schulze
  • Zumberge Gov Docs Reference, HA214 S386 1986

• Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census.  Margo J. Anderson, ed.
  • Zumberge Stacks, HA7.U55 E53 200
    
    
• Glossary of Census Terms
  
  
• Understanding the Census: A Guide for Marketers, Planners, Grand Writers, and other Data Users.  Michael R. Lavin
  • Zumberge Stacks, HA201 1990

• The American Census: A Social History.  Margo J. Anderson
  • Storage, HA37 .U55 A53 1988
    
    
• Who Counts?: The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America.  Margo J. Anderson
  • Zumberge Stacks, HA179 .A53 1999
    
    
• Counting People in the Information Age.  Duane L. Steffey and Norman M. Bradbum, editors
  • Available online from National Academy Press; scroll to table of contents
  • Also available via netLibrary

• Geographic Areas Reference Manual
  • Zumberge Government Docs, C 3.6/2: G 29/4
  • "The Geographic Areas Reference Manual describes in great detail the basic geographic entities the Census Bureau uses in its various data tabulations and documents the purposes, definitions, standards, criteria, and procedures used to select, define, delineate, and revise these geographic entities.  Since the publication of the GARM in November 1994, there have been two major changes in geographic areas for Census 2000:
    • The Census Bureau will no longer include the Republic of Palau in U. S. censuses because it is an independent state.
    • All entities referred to as 'block numbering areas' (BNAs) in 1990 will become census tracts."
      
      
• Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920.
  • Zumberge Atlases, G1201 .F7 T5 1987