Statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce. Special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others.
This guide is the UW Libraries portal to a wealth of information: census by decade, census geography, census compilations, guides and documentation, raw data sources, and defining your community for census research.
Designed to instruct and provide guidance to particular target audiences using the American Community Survey; the handbooks are being released gradually, beginning October 2008
Data from the Decennial Census, the American Community Survey, the Puerto Rico Community Survey, the Economic Census, the Population Estimates Program, and more...
Selected Census data is from 1790 to the present with tract level data starting in 1940. Social Explorer allows users to create interactive maps and data reports. Access for all on-campus; login required from off-campus.
"Develops official state and local population estimates and projections for use in the allocation of certain state revenues, growth management, and other planning functions."
"The Forecasting Division conducts research on a variety of issues related to the state budget, public policy and demographics. Topics include the economy, labor force, criminal justice, health care, and education."
Geospatial data for the state of Washington; also contains selected non-Washington geospatial data sets that have been created by students and researchers at the University of Washington.