DEMOGRAPHICS

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Last updated
06/27/03

Accessing demographic data allows the provider to understand changing population and occupational trends and the impact of those trends on providers, patients and community members.

U.S. Census Bureau: The Official Statistics - The Census Bureau provides good instructions to get the information you need. For example: If you wish to find demographic information on a particular city or even zip code area, click "search button" then click "place" and enter information as requested to gain census information. http://www.census.gov/

	Map Stats - Will give you census information for each individual states and counties within the state you choose. Easy instructions to refine search as desired. http://www.census.gov/datamap/www/
	Selected Historical Census Data: Urban and Rural Definitions and Data: http://www.census.gov:80/population/www/censusdata/ur-def.html
	1997 Census of Agriculture - ZIP Code Tabulations: http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/php/agri/index.php
	1992 Economic Census: http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/php/econ_census_92/home.php
	1990 Census of Population & Housing: http://venus.census.gov/cdrom/lookup

School District Data: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/hus.htm

National Association of Health Data Organizations http://www.nahdo.org

Illinois Department of Public Health: Health Statistics http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/statshome.htm

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://www.meps/ahrq.gov/

Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP) AHRQ http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/

Health Professional Shortage Areas http://www.shusterman.com/hpsa.html

National Agricultural Statistics Service - This site is billed as the fact finders for U.S. Agriculture. It has a wealth of ag-related census information, including information on the 1992 Census of Agriculture and the 1997 Census of Agriculture. http://www.usda.gov/nass

MapStats - http://www.fedstats.gov/cgi-bin/mapstats/StateMap?17

USDA's Economic Research Service Rural-Urban Commuting Area Code - Classifies U.S. census tracts using measures of urbanization, population density, and daily commuting from the 1990 decennial census. http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/rural/data/index.htm#RUCA

U.S. County Economic Typologies - The Economic Research Service (ERS) has developed a rural typology of nonmetropolitan counties in the U.S. It includes 6 mutually exclusive economic types. The classification scheme also identifies five overlapping rural policy-relevant types. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/Typology/Data/

Rural Urban Continuum Codes (89021) - http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/data-sets/rural/89021/

Demography & Population Studies - This site, put out by the Australian National University (ANU), keeps track of leading information facilities of value and/or significance to researchers in the field of demography. http://demography.anu.edu.au/VirtualLibrary/