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Census Data & Reports
(Census 2000 & American Community Survey)

This page provides links to MTC web pages on Census 2000 data and reports. New reports and information on the ongoing American Community Survey (ACS) is also included on this page. Information related to the 1990 Census is available on a separate page.

Tract Level GIS files for Assisting in Census 2010 Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) . Two set of ArcGIS "shp" files are available for use in the PSAP: a tract-level file using the Teleatlas North America (TANA) tract boundaries; and the same data using the Census Bureau's TIGER 2008 tract boundaries. Data includes Census 2000 counts of households, household population and total population (TOTHH00, HHPOP00, TOTPOP00); and ABAG Projections 2007 estimates of 2010 households, household population and total population (TOTHH10, HHPOP10, TOTPOP10). These are files discussed at a 12/4/08 meeting at the ABAG/MTC offices, as an introduction to the Census Bureau's PSAP program. The files are here:
ftp://ftp.abag.ca.gov/pub/mtc/planning/census/psap/ (Added: December 5, 2008)
 
American Community Survey 2007: San Francisco Bay Area: Data Highlights (October 2008) is the second comprehensive report by MTC on the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS). This 30-page report is available in PDF format. (Added: October 2, 2008)
 
American Community Survey 2006: San Francisco Bay Area: Data Highlights (November 2007) is the second comprehensive report by MTC on the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS). This 81-page report is available in PDF format. Background Excel workbooks are also available on our FTP site.
(Added: April 28, 2008)
 
American Community Survey 2005: San Francisco Bay Area: Data Summary (July 2007) is the first comprehensive report by MTC on the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS). This 132-page report is available in PDF format. Background Excel workbooks and Word Documents are also available.
(Added: April 17, 2008)
 
MTC's special working paper on Census 2000 and the American Community Survey is entitled: "Disability in the San Francisco Bay Area: Comparing Data Between Census 2000 and the American Community Survey 2000-2004." This 30-page working paper is available in PDF format.
(New: January 12, 2006)
 
MTC's web page on the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) provides detailed "journey-to-work" data in GIS and CSV format. Includes new set of journey-to-work "commuter flow" data released May 2004.
(Updated: May 10, 2004)
 
Visit web page describing MTC Census 2000 Data Summaries.
(Updated: July 18, 2005)
 
Web page on County-to-County Worker Flows in Bay Area and Northern California (Data Released: March 6, 2003).
(Updated: March 12, 2003)
 
Census 2000: CTPP and Census Products Workshop (January 27, 2003) Presentations and handouts from this workshop are available.
(New: January 30, 2003)
 
Transportation-Related Characteristics from Census 2000 includes new data on average commute duration, means of transportation to work, vehicle ownership patterns, residential mobility, disability, and poverty (New: May 17, 2002)
 
MTC Staff Response to Census Bureau January 16, 2002 Federal Register Notice on the American Community Survey (New: March 8, 2002)
 
Bay Area Transportation-Related Statistics from the C2SS (Census 2000 Supplementary Survey)
(Updated: December 11, 2001)

Visit the Bay Area Census web site (http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/) for the latest Census 2000 data, maps, GIS, and historical data comparisons.
Questions on the development or content of these MTC research reports, working papers and electronic publications can be directed to David Ory of MTC at (510) 817.5755, or e-mail at: dory@mtc.ca.gov; or Mr. Shimon Israel of MTC at (510) 817.5839, or e-mail at: sisrael@mtc.ca.gov. General questions on census data may also be addressed to the MTC library at: library@mtc.ca.gov.