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The Census Bureau provides maps, interactive mapping capabilities, and digital files in order to visualize census data.  Other federal agencies, universities, and companies also map census data and provide tools to data users. The links below include both Census Bureau resources and websites hosted by others. There are many websites that help users with Census Bureau data, but the list below is specific to those that help view our data spatially. We list only websites that make use of our data for the whole nation and that offer their resources for free.
Census Bureau Resources
Other Related Sites (Governmental)
Other Federal Government Resources
Data.gov
This site provides access to geospatial datasets from agencies across the federal government.
National Center for Education Statistics
A map viewer and data tables are available for the American Community Survey (ACS), 1990 and 2000 censuses.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
This website contains a map viewer from the ACS combined with data from the Census of Agriculture and the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the state/county level.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) CAMEO
EPA offers an online mapping tool that combines census data with EPA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data.
U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)
The LOC offers an archive for historical and specialty maps.
U.S. National Archives
This website gives the public access to historical decennial census data, including actual census records (up to and including the 1940 Census only).
Other Related Sites (Non-Governmental)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Resources
George Mason University
This website contains information about mapping ACS data and includes extensions built for ArcGIS that aid in mapping ACS data.
National Historic Geographic Information System (NHGIS) from the Minnesota Population Center
NHGIS offers GIS-compatible files for mapping census data from 1790 to 2010.
The Newberry Library
This website contains an atlas of historical county boundaries with an interactive map and GIS-compatible files available for download.
School Attendance Boundary Information System from the Minnesota Population Center and the College of William and Mary
The website contains a data search engine and GIS-compatible files for several geographic levels.
University of California, Los Angeles
This website provides GIS-compatible files for every congressional district from 1789 to 2012.
Census Geography Resources
Missouri Census Data Center
They offer a nationwide geography correlation engine (MABLE/Geocorr) using 2000 and 2010 census geography.
University of Missouri Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
This website contains a tool that extracts data from census datasets including the 1980 - 2000 censuses, the ACS, pop estimates, and economic indicators.
University of Michigan
They offer census tract relationship files for each decade from 1970 to 2010.
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