Field-based Data Collection
Last updated on 2025-08-09 | Edit this page
Estimated time: 105 minutes
Overview
Questions
- What are the kinds of datasets available from the U.S. Census Bureau?
- How can you visualize and analyze these datasets for your region of interest?
- Where can you find additional information about a particular dataset?
- How do you combine spatial and tabular data from the Census Bureau?
Objectives
- Provide an overview of the data available from the U.S. Census Bureau
- Explain how to download and visualize spatial data from the Census Bureau
- Demonstrate how to query and analyze the spatial data
- Demonstrate how to perform complex spatial joins
- Census data can be used for planning services for certain population groups
- It can be used for site selection for new businesses or service facilities
- Public policy analysis
- Spatial analysis of hazard impact, epidemiological models, etc.