Census 2000 Outline Maps. Available as .pdf documents. Use
the zoom tool (Adobe Acrobat
Reader) to enlarge the detail in any area of the map. Use
map in each county identified as 000.pdf
as an index for the county. Find the appropriate grid on
the map. The last two digits in the filenames of the other maps
correspond to the two digit numbers on each map grid. For
example, the map grid for block groups in Boulder County has
the filename "PB08013_000.pdf ".
To view the detailed map for the area labelled
"52" on the map grid, choose the
file "PB08013_052.pdf"
Census 2000 mapping tools are available via American
Factfinder. The "Start with Basic Facts" section of the
website includes a tool to map selected demographic variables
from 1990 and 2000 for states by county. Census 2000 Summary
File 1 (100 percent data on age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino
origin, household type, relationship, group quarters, whether
the residence is owned or rented and vacancy status) includes
tools to map cross-tabulated data (such as the number of
Hispanic homeowners/renters in an area) for smaller areas (such
as places, counties, census tracts, block groups). Choose
"Census 2000 Summary File 1" from the Data
Sets menu of American Factfinder. Use the "Thematic Maps"
tool to create small area maps.
Note: Before you dig into the
detailed maps, you may with to identify the relevant census
tract and block group numbers with the 2000
census maps or address
search feature.
Maps
for Census 2000 --a guide to Census Bureau geographic
products including maps and GIS data. Includes a glossary of
terms, a good overview of product uses, and tips, techniques,
and software for manipulating/printing data and maps.
Colorado Natural
Diversity Information Source includes a variety of full text
publications on plants, animals, water quality, population growth,
and land use. The interactive mapping application "displays
state-of-the-art information on wildlife, plants, and natural
communities in Colorado."
Environmental Maps
(E-Maps) from HUD provides scalable maps on environmental
issues (EPA data), population, ethnicity, average income,
unemployment and earnings, housing occupancy and density, HUD
community development maps, HUD public housing programs, and more
general maps on housing programs. Service launched on Sept. 18,
2000. The maps are grouped by theme (for example, ethnicity or
income). Variables include: EPA regulated facilities or grants and
entitlements; population per square mile; families per square
mile; households per square mile; female-headed households; age of
population; population by race; percent white, African-American,
Asian-American, Native American, or Hispanic; median household
income; median family income; unemployment rate; public assistance
households; households in poverty; low/moderate income areas;
households with no earnings; percent households with no earnings;
household income ranges; owner/renter occupied; pre-1940 housing;
overcrowded housing; housing units per square mile; median value
of owner occupied homes; median gross rent; median contract rent;
median rent as a percent of income; vacancy rates; HUD community
development maps; public housing units; units as a percentage of
all housing; tenants with majority public assistance; race of
tenants; developments within Congressional districts; and maps
with housing variables from HUD programs. Year varies by data
source.
ESRI/FEMA Project
Impact "...FEMA and ESRI have formed a National Partnership in
part aimed at providing multi-hazard maps and information to U.S.
residents, business owners, schools, community groups, and local
governments via the Internet." The site includes a feature to
create a hazard map online. Choose a location by zipcode, city and
state or choose a congressional district. Map options include
flood hazard zones, recent and historic earthquakes, historic hail
storms, tornadoes, wind storms, and hurricanes. Maps can be
printed or e-mailed. The site also includes links to emergency
management sites by state and other information.
Geographic
Names Information Server USGS can be used to query a database
by state, county, or feature name or feature type. The server
supplies name, coordinates, elevation, feature type and other
information which can be mapped at the Census Tiger map
server.
Government
Information Sharing Project provides Web access to Census
Bureau CD-ROMs containing data on population, social
characteristics, government spending and the economy. The site has
recently added a mapping capability for USA
Counties, with additional map options available in the near
future.
Enviromapper
(EPA) creates custom maps with environmental information,
including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous
wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites.
National Atlas of the
United States an interactive mapping database. Includes a
search feature for geographic names and features and options for
choosing layers of data.
National
Database of GIS Data National maps with political boundaries
by state and county. County level data viewable for the following:
Archeology
Census of Agriculture
Cultural Resources in America and Agricultural Land Use :
An Initial Profile.
Population
National
Digital Map Library Select a state or states and variables to
create an online map derived from U.S.G.S. Digital Line Graph
Data. Variables include federal lands by type, most populated
places, highways, rivers, railroads, historic sites, battlefields,
and county lines. Service of the University of Virginia.
Roadless Areas
"are National Forest System lands that have remained generally
unroaded for a variety of reasons—inaccessibility, rugged
terrain, or environmental sensitivity." The site includes
background materials. Maps
for the entire state and invididual areas are available
online.
Statistical Atlases--An American
Memory Collection, Maps
Collection, 1500-1999, provides access to statistical atlases
that cover the years 1870-1890. Choose "United
States--Statistics--Maps" from the Subject Index for the
following:
Statistical atlas of the United States based on the results
of the ninth census 1870 with contributions from many eminent
men of science and several departments of the government Comp.
under the authority of Congress by Francis A. Walker, M. A.,
superintedent of the ninth census ...
Scribner's statistical atlas of the United States, showing
by graphic methods their present condition and their political,
social and industrial development by Fletcher W. Hewes and
Henry Gannett... [1883]
Statistical atlas of the United States, based upon the
results of the eleventh census [1890] by Henry
Gannett.
