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Tracking and mapping demographic changes is fundamental to social research and business
marketing. GeoLytics has created a new CD product that is competitively priced to allow
libraries, non-profits, small businesses, and anyone interested in recent American
demographic trends to have access to an easy-to-use desktop dataset. The new CensusCD
+Maps 1990-2000 is now available for the low price of $495.
This new product has basic geographies from zip code to the national level (nation, state,
county, MCD, place, congress, zip, MSA/CMSA, PMSA, & American Indian). It also brings
together two datasets: normalized 1990 Long Form Data in 2000 Boundaries, as well as 2000
Long Form Data. With selections of variables drawn from these two census datasets combined
into a single CD product, users have an unparalleled software product that quickly
demonstrates demographic change over the course of a decade.
Paired with our Current Year Estimates and 5 Year Projections, you can have 4 data periods to
measure demographic change for less than $950.
CensusCD +Maps 1990-2000 has other outstanding features that make it a breeze to use such
as the built-in Time Series Report. With this report, all you have to do is define
your area (such as a county or a town, etc.) and hit run. Your report is produced
with both 2000 and 1990 data, and calculates the percentage change automatically so
you can compare the data quickly and easily.
Below is an example of changes in educational attainment in Texas that is mapped out by
county for 1990 and 2000. Both maps and their corresponding keys were created with
the built-in map viewer in CensusCD +Maps 1990-2000. The maps illustrate the percent
of the population 25 years and older in Texas who have not graduated from high school.
As the maps clearly demonstrate, the percentage of population that did not have a high
school diploma in 1990 was very high as indicated by the darker green areas. For example,
the darkest green areas indicate counties with over 40% of the population without a high
school diploma - 63 counties in 1990. By 2000 the counties with over 40% of the
population without a high school diploma has decreased significantly down to only 25
counties in 2000.
| Education in Texas: 1990-2000 |
Percent of the Population 25 Years and
Older Who Have Not Graduated from High School |
| 1990 | 2000 |
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CensusCD +Maps 1990-2000 also has built-in reports that quickly extracts and calculates
percentages for demographic variables. Below is clip of the educational attainment variables
run for Texas and New Jersey. In seconds, researchers can compare data from both censuses
and begin analyzing changing demographic trends. For example, it is interesting to compare
changes in Texas and New Jersey from 1990 to 2000, and then compare each state to the
other. As the chart below illustrates, Texas and New Jersey have both made strides from
1990 to 2000 in decreasing the percentage of the population without a high school diploma.
TEXAS
| |
1990 Pop |
% |
2000 Pop |
% |
%Change 1990 to 2000 |
Educational Attainment, Pop 25+
No schooling to 8th grade
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
High school graduate
Some college
Associate degree
Bachelor degree
Graduate or professional
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10,310,605
1,387,528
1,485,031
2,640,162
2,171,439
531,540
1,428,031
666,874
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100.0
13.5
14.4
25.6
21.1
5.2
13.9
6.5
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12,790,893
1,465,420
1,649,141
3,176,743
2,858,802
668,494
1,996,250
976,043
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100.0
11.5
12.9
24.8
22.4
5.2
15.6
7.6
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24.1
5.6
11.1
20.3
31.7
25.8
39.8
46.4
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NEW JERSEY
| |
1990 Pop |
% |
2000 Pop |
% |
%Change 1990 to 2000 |
Educational Attainment, Pop 25+
No schooling to 8th grade
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
High school graduate
Some college
Associate degree
Bachelor degree
Graduate or professional
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5,166,233
486,210
718,996
1,606,555
801,791
268,664
826,887
457,130
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100.0
9.4
13.9
31.1
15.5
5.2
16.0
8.8
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5,657,799
373,429
641,048
1,661,493
998,872
298,096
1,063,665
621,196
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100.0
6.6
11.3
29.4
17.7
5.3
18.8
11.0
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9.5
-23.2
-10.8
3.4
24.6
11.0
28.6
35.9
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