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Census 2000: Summary
Tables of Social, Economic, & Housing Data
for
the 1373 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas in Northeastern Illinois (February 20,
2003)
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SOURCE OF DATA FOR THE TABLES IN THIS FILE
U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing,
Summary File 3: August 2002.
SUBJECT CONTENT
Summary File 3 (SF 3) contains Census 2000 sample data, which is the
information compiled from the questions asked of a sample of all people
and housing units. Population items include basic population totals; urban
and rural; households and families; marital status; grandparents as
caregivers; language and ability to speak English; ancestry; place of
birth, citizenship status, and year of entry; migration; place of work;
journey to work (commuting); school enrollment and educational attainment;
veteran status; disability; employment status; industry, occupation, and
class of worker; income; and poverty status. Housing items include basic
housing totals; urban and rural; number of rooms; number of bedrooms; year
moved into unit; household size and occupants per room; units in
structure; year structure built; heating fuel; telephone service; plumbing
and kitchen facilities; vehicles available; value of home; monthly rent;
and shelter costs.
Altogether, Summary File 3 contains a total of 813 unique tables — 484
population tables with social and economic characteristics and 329 housing
tables. They are compiled from a sample of approximately 19 million
housing units (about 1 in 6 households) that received the Census 2000
long-form questionnaire.
SUMMARY FILE 3 GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
Summary File 3 presents data for the United States, the 50 states, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in a hierarchical sequence down to
the block group for many tabulations, but only to the census tract levels
for others. Summaries are included for other geographic areas such as Zip
Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) and Congressional districts (106th
Congress). The Summary File 3
tables covering the different geographic levels in Illinois were released
to the public on August 20, 2002.
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE FOR THIS FILE
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAsTM)
are a new statistical entity developed by the U.S. Census Bureau for
tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000. This new entity was
developed to overcome the difficulties in precisely defining the land area
covered by each ZIP Code®.
Defining the extent of an area is necessary in order to accurately
tabulate census data for that area.
ZCTAs are generalized area representations of U.S.
Postal Service (USPS) ZIP Code service areas. Simply put, each one is
built by aggregating the Census 2000 blocks, whose addresses use a given
ZIP Code, into a ZCTA which gets that ZIP Code assigned as its ZCTA code.
They represent the majority USPS five-digit ZIP Code found in a given
area. For those areas where it is difficult to determine the prevailing
five-digit ZIP Code, the higher-level three-digit ZIP Code is used for the
ZCTA code. For more information, please refer to the Census Bureau's ZCTA
(FAQ) Frequently Asked Questions Web page at
http://www.census.gov/geo/ZCTA/zctafaq.html.
- In most instances the ZCTA code equals the ZIP Code for an area.
- In creating ZCTAs, the Census Bureau took the ZIP Code used by the
majority of addresses in a area for the ZCTA code; some addresses will
end up with a ZCTA code different from their ZIP Code.
- Some ZIP Codes represent very few addresses (sometimes only one) and
therefore will not appear in the ZCTA universe.
- The term ZCTA was created to differentiate between this entity and
true USPS ZIP Codes.
- This workbook file only contains 2000 Census data for ZCTAs located
entirely or partially within Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake,
McHenry, and Will Counties in
northeastern Illinois.
HOW THE DATA ARE PRESENTED
For this file, the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC)
and the Chicago Area Geographic Information Study (CAGIS) have created
three spreadsheets presenting selected Summary File 3 population and
housing variables for all 1373 ZCTAs either totally or
partially located in the six counties of
northeastern Illinois. These spreadsheets are titled as follows:
- Table DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
- Table DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
- Table DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
The "Profile of Selected Social Characteristics" table includes
a total of 102 variables of social characteristics.
The "Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics" table
includes 119 variables of economic characteristics. The "Profile of
Selected Housing Characteristics" table includes 100 variables of
housing characteristics.
If you are looking for an
electronic
file that has hundreds of social, economic, and housing data items in one place for all
1373 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) in northeastern Illinois, this is the file to download.
In addition to the three tables discussed above, the file now includes
all the data items found in "Table DP-1: Profile of General Demographic
Characteristics" taken from
Summary File 1.
- To view or
download the unzipped MS Excel version of the file (8.1 MB in size), complete with notes and
definitions,
please right click here.
- To view or download the zipped
MS Excel version of the file (3.0 MB in size), complete with notes and definitions,
please right click here.
Be advised
that either version is a very big file that will take a long time to
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