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INTRODUCTION - DATA RETRIEVAL. This is documentation for Public Brand Software's distribution set of census information. This distribution set consists of two parts: 1) Documentation, Dictionary, and Program disk. 2) Individual data disks containing information for one or more state. On the Documentation, Dictionary, and Program disk: Filename.Ext Filename.Ext DICT .ARC UTILITY .ARC DOCUMENT.ARC CENSUS .ARC The Documentation, Data dictionary, and Utility programs have been provided on this disk in an archived form in order to save space and to keep the files together. In order to retrieve the files: With a 2-floppy system: 1) Put a blank (formatted) disk in the B: drive - See the inside back cover of the Public Brand Software catalog for preparation information. 2) At the A> prompt, issue the command PKXARC DOCUMENT B: With a hard disk system: 1) Prepare a subdirectory for the data C> MD\NEWDIR (NEWDIR is any name you wish - or pick an existing subdirectory) 2) Go to that new subdirectory C> CD\NEWDIR 3) Issue the command C> A:PKXARC A:DOCUMENT Repeat for DICT.ARC, UTILITY.ARC, and CENSUS.ARC putting these on a disk by themselves. On the Documentation Archive dataset you will find: Name Length Date ============ ======== ========= CITYDICT.DOC 41984 24 Feb 84 "City Book" documentation CMSA.SDF 1181 16 Feb 84 "Consolidated metropolitan statistical areas" CNTYDICT.DOC 63344 7 Feb 84 "County Book" documentation CNTYFOOT.TXT 22796 8 Feb 84 "Footnotes" DBASEII.DOC 14623 10 Mar 84 Information regarding use of DBASEII to read the data files. INTRODUC.DOC 32925 10 Mar 84 "Introduction" documentation MSANECMA.SDF 6912 1 Jan 80 "Metropolitan statistical areas" PLACDICT.DOC 71 10 Mar 84 "Place Book" documentation PMSA.SDF 1792 3 Feb 84 "Primary metropolitan statistical areas" REGION.TXT 1408 17 Feb 84 "Regions, Divisions, and States" Names and codes SMSA.SDF 8320 24 Feb 84 "Standard metropolitan statistical areas" Print out the .DOC files for your information. The CNTYFOOT.TXT file might be useful, but just browse through it. The REGION.TXT and *.SDF files are for use by the Utility program they are used to put place names on the data files. On the Utility Program dataset you will find: Name Length Date ============ ======== ========= DEMO1.DCT 238 12 Jan 83 \ DEMO1.TXT 4535 7 Feb 84 \ DEMO2.DCT 242 1 Jan 80 Demo data DEMO2.TXT 4281 8 Feb 84 / DEMONAME.TXT 3886 8 Feb 84 / UTILITYC.BAS 20506 9 Apr 85 Basic language source for UTILITYC.EXE UTILITYC.DOC 25856 24 Apr 84 Documentation UTILITYC.EXE 45696 9 Apr 85 Executable program The UTILITYC.EXE program can be used to consolidate data, split out data, or to put place names on data files. In the CENSUS.ARC file you will find a nifty shareware system developed for Public Brand Software by Clark Trivett. It will let you look at the Census data, prepare reports, and extract selected data for inclusion in Lotus 123 spreadsheets (also AS-EASY-AS - SP7.4 in the Public Brand Software library). The documentation file CENSUS.DOC should be printed out and reviewed before using the program. Note that there is an annoying little process to go through to use CENSUS. You must enter a temporary password everytime it comes up until you send Mr. Trivett his registration fee. Also, the temporary password will only work 15 times before the program will only print an invoice and not process any data anymore. If you do run into an emergency and need more times to run the program you can un-archive the CENSUS.ARC again. With a hard disk, unarchive the DICT.ARC, CENSUS.ARC, and the DATA-XX.ARC for the state or region you are working on. This can all be put in one subdirectory and will only take up 200 to 500 k depending on the state. UTILITY can then be run directly on the data. For more explanation, see below. On the Dictionary dataset you will find: Name Length Date Name Length Date ============ ======== ========= ============ ======== ========= CCDB01.DCT 238 12 Jan 83 CCDB35.DCT 300 1 Jan 80 CCDB02.DCT 242 1 Jan 80 CCDB36.DCT 223 29 Feb 84 CCDB03.DCT 365 1 Jan 80 CCDB37.DCT 205 31 Jan 84 CCDB04.DCT 197 1 Jan 80 CCDB38.DCT 324 31 Jan 84 CCDB05.DCT 246 1 Jan 80 CCDB39.DCT 346 29 Feb 84 CCDB06.DCT 189 1 Jan 80 CCDB41.DCT 384 1 Mar 84 CCDB07.DCT 273 29 Feb 84 CCDB42.DCT 384 1 Mar 84 CCDB08.DCT 307 1 Jan 80 CCDB43.DCT 384 1 Mar 84 CCDB09.DCT 389 1 Jan 80 CCDB44.DCT 246 1 Mar 84 CCDB10.DCT 403 1 Jan 80 CCDB45.DCT 384 1 Mar 84 CCDB11.DCT 333 1 Jan 80 CCDB46.DCT 384 2 Mar 84 CCDB12.DCT 343 1 Jan 80 CCDB47.DCT 333 1 Jan 80 CCDB13.DCT 318 14 Jan 84 CCDB48.DCT 343 1 Jan 80 CCDB14.DCT 329 1 Jan 80 CCDB49.DCT 318 14 Jan 84 CCDB15.DCT 399 25 Jan 84 CCDB50.DCT 348 1 Jan 80 CCDB16.DCT 323 25 Jan 84 CCDB51.DCT 414 1 Jan 80 CCDB17.DCT 425 25 Jan 84 CCDB52.DCT 384 1 Mar 84 CCDB18.DCT 444 1 Jan 80 CCDB53.DCT 331 1 Jan 80 CCDB19.DCT 318 26 Jan 84 CCDB54.DCT 445 1 Mar 84 CCDB20.DCT 381 26 Jan 84 CCDB55.DCT 334 1 Mar 84 CCDB21.DCT 249 26 Jan 84 CCDB56.DCT 386 1 Mar 84 CCDB22.DCT 327 26 Jan 84 CCDB57.DCT 236 1 Mar 84 CCDB23.DCT 407 26 Jan 84 CCDB58.DCT 419 1 Mar 84 CCDB24.DCT 273 26 Jan 84 CCDB59.DCT 294 1 Mar 84 CCDB25.DCT 401 30 Jan 84 CCDB60.DCT 442 2 Mar 84 CCDB26.DCT 388 30 Jan 84 CCDB61.DCT 512 1 Mar 84 CCDB27.DCT 454 1 Jan 80 CCDB62.DCT 512 1 Mar 84 CCDB28.DCT 324 29 Feb 84 CCDB63.DCT 512 1 Mar 84 CCDB29.DCT 287 30 Jan 84 CCDB64.DCT 384 1 Mar 84 CCDB30.DCT 379 30 Jan 84 CCDB65.DCT 384 1 Mar 84 CCDB31.DCT 350 29 Feb 84 CCDB66.DCT 323 30 Jan 84 CCDB32.DCT 323 30 Jan 84 CCDB67.DCT 312 2 Mar 84 CCDB33.DCT 417 30 Jan 84 CCDB68.DCT 395 2 Mar 84 CCDB34.DCT 372 29 Feb 84 CCDB69.DCT 417 30 Jan 84 CCDB35.DCT 300 1 Jan 80 CCDB70.DCT 340 2 Mar 84 CCDB71.DCT 512 1 Mar 84 These are data files that explain in detail the fields on the 71 individual files on the data disks. For instance: On CCDB01.DCT: LAND8001 LAND AREA IN SQUARE MILES 1980 POPG7001 POPULATION (APRIL 1) 1970 POPG8001 POPULATION (APRIL 1) 1980 POPG8002 RANK OF COUNTY POPULATION 1980 POPG8003 POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE 1980 POPG8005 URBAN POPULATION 1980 This tells that on a CCDB01xx.TXT file there are 6 data fields that represent the data outlined above. Now for the good part. The data files on the data disks consist of 73 individual files per state. These have been archived in order to provide information on more than one state on a disk. In order to retrieve the files: With a 2-floppy system: 1) Copy the PKXARC.COM file from this disk and the archived data file from the CE2.0 - CE14.0 disk (DATAxx.ARC) to a new disk. where xx is the abbreviation for the state. (See Catalog notes on last page). 2) Put this new disk in the A: drive. 3) Put a blank (formatted) disk in the B: drive - See the inside back cover of the Public Brand Software catalog for preparation information. 4) At the A> prompt, issue the command PKXARC DATAxx B: where xx is the abbreviation for the state. (See Catalog notes on last page). With a hard disk system: 1) Prepare a subdirectory for the data C> MD\NEWDIR (NEWDIR is any name you wish - or pick an existing subdirectory) 2) Go to that new subdirectory C> CD\NEWDIR 3) Copy PKXARC.COM from this disk to the subdirectory C> COPY A:PKXARC.COM 4) Issue the command C> PKXARC A:DATAxx where xx is the abbreviation for the state. (See Catalog notes on last page). Repeat this step as needed to extract multiple states or for states that have the data included in two archived datasets. For instance, for Alabama you will find: Name Length Date ============ ======== ========= CCDB0001.TXT 2741 13 Apr 84 This is the "SDF" place Name/Code translation file for the state. CCDB0101.TXT 3456 1 Jan 80 \ CCDB0201.TXT 3220 1 Mar 84 \ CCDB0301.TXT 3584 1 Mar 84 \ CCDB0401.TXT 3072 1 Mar 84 \ CCDB0501.TXT 3456 1 Mar 84 \ CCDB0601.TXT 2560 1 Mar 84 these are the individual data CCDB0701.TXT 2944 5 Mar 84 files for the state. CCDB0801.TXT 2816 5 Mar 84 CCDB0901.TXT 3200 5 Mar 84 . . . etc. . . . CCDB6801.TXT 896 10 Apr 84 / CCDB6901.TXT 896 10 Apr 84 / CCDB7001.TXT 768 10 Apr 84 / CCDB7101.TXT 768 10 Apr 84 / CCDB7201.TXT 18560 4 Apr 84 This is a "Place" data file for the state. It contains 2 identification fields and 18 data fields: EXAMPLE SDF FILE The print below is of CCDB0001.TXT (Alabama) - FIPS State/County Code | - Metropolitan Statistical Area Code | | - Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Code | | | - Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area Code | | | | - Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Code | | | | | - Place Name | | | | | | V V V V V V 01000, , , , ,"ALABAMA" 01001,5240, , ,5240,"Autauga, AL" 01003,5160, , ,5160,"Baldwin, AL" 01005, , , , ,"Barbour, AL" 01007, , , , ,"Bibb, AL" 01009,1000, , , ,"Blount, AL" 01011, , , , ,"Bullock, AL" 01013, , , , ,"Butler, AL" 01015,0450, , ,0450,"Calhoun, AL" 01017, , , , ,"Chambers, AL" 01019, , , , ,"Cherokee, AL" . . . etc. . . . 01125,8600, , ,8600,"Tuscaloosa, AL" 01127,1000, , ,1000,"Walker, AL" 01129, , , , ,"Washington, AL" 01131, , , , ,"Wilcox, AL" 01133, , , , ,"Winston, AL" EXAMPLE DATA FILE The print below is of CCDB0101.TXT (Alabama) There is, in between each data field, a field consisting of a 0 in many cases; ignore this field. - FIPS State/County Code | - Land Area in Square Miles 1980 | | - Population (April 1) 1970 | | | - Population (April 1) 1980 | | | | - Rank of County Population 1980 | | | | | - Population per Square Mile 1980 | | | | | | - Urban Population 1980 | | | | | | | V V V V V V V 00000,0,3539289,0,203302020,0,226545805,5,0,0,640,0,167050992 01000,0,50767,0,3444354,0,3893888,5,0,0,767,0,2337713 01001,0,597,0,24460,0,32259,0,1167,0,540,0,19229 01003,0,1589,0,59382,0,78556,0,533,0,494,0,29054 01005,0,884,0,22543,0,24756,0,1418,0,280,0,12097 01007,0,625,0,13812,0,15723,0,1922,0,252,0,5366 01009,0,643,0,26853,0,36459,0,1046,0,567,0,4824 01011,0,625,0,11824,0,10596,0,2332,0,170,0,4431 01013,0,779,0,22007,0,21680,0,1563,0,278,0,7807 01015,0,611,0,103092,0,119761,0,350,0,1960,0,90459 01017,0,596,0,36356,0,39191,0,972,0,658,0,20060 01019,0,553,0,15606,0,18760,0,1737,0,339,0,0 . . . etc. . . . 01125,0,1336,0,116029,0,137541,0,312,0,1029,0,99554 01127,0,804,0,56246,0,68660,0,587,0,854,0,17832 01129,0,1081,0,16241,0,16821,0,1855,0,156,0,0 01131,0,883,0,16303,0,14755,0,2000,0,167,0,0 01133,0,613,0,16654,0,21953,0,1543,0,358,0,5306 FIELDS ON FILES "CCDB72xx.TXT" FIPS State/Level/Place-MCD codes - 7-Digit number: First 2 digits are FIPS State code. Third digit is level indicator (0 = State Total; 1 = Incorporated Place or Census designated place; 2 = Minor civil division (MCD). Last 4 digits are census place or MCD sequence code (State totals are 0000). Areas defined as of January 1980. Area Name. Followed by the name of the county or counties in which area is located in parentheses. Land Area in Square miles 1980. Population (April 1) 1980. Population (April 1) 1970. Black Population 1980. Population (April 1) 1980 [Sample]. Spanish Origin population 1980. Persons 65 yrs old and over 1980. Educational Attainment - persons 25 yrs old and over completing 4 yrs of high school or more 1980. Educational Attainment - persons 25 yrs old and over completing 0 through 11 yrs of school 1980. Persons (as of 1980) below poverty level in 1979. Persons (as of 1980) above poverty level in 1979. Per capita money income in 1979. Median household income in 1979. Total housing units 1980. Occupied housing units 1980. Renter-occupied housing units 1980. Median value specified owner-occupied noncondominium housing units 1980 (Note: $200,100 means value greater $200,000; $9,900 means value less $10,000.) Median gross rent specified renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent 1980 (Note: $501 means rent greater then $500.) The other 71 files each contain a FIPS State/County or Census place code and 5 or six data fields as specified in the corresponding Dictionary file (printed in greater detail in CNTYDICT.DOC and CITYDICT.DOC. EXAMPLE CCDB72xx.TXT The print below is from CCDB7201.TXT. 0100000,"ALABAMA ",507672,3893888,3444354,996283,3893888,33923,440015,1252475,964840,719905,3093109,5894,13669,1467374,1341856,400637,33900,188 0150005,"Abbeville, AL (Henry)",149,3155,2996,1131,3155,41,494,935,1028,591,2541,5591,11465,1248,1147,321,27700,140 0150025,"Alabaster, AL (Shelby)",81,7079,2642,1686,7079,121,660,2553,1435,1047,5804,6521,21790,2294,2132,414,54100,230 0150030,"Albertville, AL (Marshall)",167,12039,9963,177,12039,72,1486,3720,3447,1849,10169,5652,12340,4886,4466,1241,30400,186 0150035,"Alexander City, AL (Tallapoosa)",290,13807,12358,3728,13807,44,1970,4219,3995,2086,11515,5860,12888,5137,4856,1741,28100,151 0150040,"Aliceville, AL (Pickens)",47,3207,2851,1399,3162,40,541,895,940,756,2329,4607,11914,1215,1100,380,26700,134 0150055,"Andalusia, AL (Covington)",180,10415,10092,2177,10415,91,1675,3261,3199,1970,8285,5682,11795,4251,3981,1204,24800,138 0150060,"Anniston, AL (Calhoun)",207,29523,31533,11899,29523,344,4194,9977,7821,6856,22280,5854,11788,11826,10953,4376,29500,163 0150065,"Arab, AL (Marshall)",119,5967,4399,0,5967,11,730,2307,1369,706,5189,6503,14447,2379,2232,600,35800,167 0150095,"Athens, AL (Limestone)",221,14558,14360,2450,14558,29,2002,5019,3759,2386,11781,6397,14115,5598,5287,1881,33300,192 0150100,"Atmore, AL (Escambia)",76,8789,8293,3824,8789,65,1228,2515,2380,2085,6582,4853,10894,3140,2972,927,25600,148 0150105,"Attalla, AL (Etowah)",59,7737,7510,1381,7737,36,1003,2328,2159,1483,6098,5533,12300,2936,2705,889,23700,155 0150110,"Auburn, AL (Lee)",296,28471,22767,4584,28471,232,1411,8053,1740,8078,15892,5471,8707,10880,10324,6154,55200,202 0150135,"Bay Minette, AL (Baldwin)",74,7455,6727,1835,7455,20,798,2057,1825,1823,5364,4935,11979,2542,2371,793,30800,191 0150175,"Bessemer, AL (Jefferson)",151,31729,33428,16268,31729,291,4826,9343,9231,8041,23116,5202,11548,11900,11207,4706,29000,159 0150185,"Birmingham, AL (Jefferson)",985,284413,300910,158200,284413,2054,39399,101699,66713,61658,218346,5833,11951,114503,107238,50080,31300,187 0150210,"Boaz, AL (Etowah, Marshall)",103,7151,5635,11,7149,54,1184,2057,2300,1202,5719,5262,10733,2926,2749,1000,28900,136 . . . etc. . . . 0151725,"Tuscumbia, AL (Colbert)",65,9137,8828,2141,9137,34,1414,3382,2356,1230,7669,6217,14805,3425,3291,921,33000,166 0151730,"Tuskegee, AL (Macon)",162,13327,11028,12548,13327,91,1547,4382,1965,3736,7672,4504,9581,4624,4223,1934,34600,178 0151731,"Underwood-Petersville CDP, AL (Lauderdale)",84,3836,0,55,3836,0,266,1306,826,375,3461,6140,17621,1322,1254,175,41300,231 0151735,"Union Springs, AL (Bullock)",66,4431,4324,2871,4307,73,725,1195,1264,1382,2916,4537,8712,1680,1509,503,20300,119 0151750,"Vernon, AL (Lamar)",60,2609,2190,170,2609,25,458,739,900,435,2084,5905,12656,1122,1022,340,32300,109 0151755,"Vestavia Hills, AL (Jefferson)",66,15722,12250,14,15722,99,1873,9469,890,462,15253,12941,28655,6149,5950,1574,84500,314 0151785,"Warrior, AL (Jefferson)",55,3260,2621,628,3260,0,469,904,988,494,2748,5576,12010,1225,1151,405,27000,157 0151800,"Weaver town, AL (Calhoun)",24,2765,2091,65,2809,37,187,1040,497,128,2672,6143,17931,988,922,196,35700,257 0151816,"West End-Cobb Town CDP, AL (Calhoun)",58,5189,5515,1168,5189,13,576,949,1997,935,4254,4391,11073,1863,1736,407,18100,151 0151825,"Wetumpka, AL (Elmore)",68,4341,3912,1090,4341,29,622,1564,1105,788,3105,5299,12791,1593,1432,464,34000,146 0151840,"Winfield, AL (Fayette, Marion)",98,3781,3292,97,3773,37,653,1231,1154,384,3380,6184,13226,1602,1506,515,28500,163 0151850,"York, AL (Sumter)",59,3392,3044,2107,3392,13,561,979,869,869,2410,6076,10153,1316,1126,415,23200,128 USAGE NOTES. The data files are obviously not in a form to be printed and this may be dismaying. Please realize that there is one basic reason for the way that the data are provided - the great amount of data. It is not usual that the type of information here can be just printed and used. It will normally be more useful if it is included in a database or spreadsheet to be analyzed. Let us give you some ideas. First of all, the UTILITYC (in UTILITY.ARC) and CENSUS (in CENSUS.ARC) can be used separately or together to rearrange the data into convenient groupings and to prepare data for other programs (notably spreadsheets). Databases: There is a complete documentation file provided by the Census bureau included to help you convert to DBASE-II. The principles are the same for nearly every DBMS - just remember that these are comma-delimited files. Relational Databases: It would be fairly easy to set up a relational database with the CDDB00xx.TXT file as a Place Name segment, the CDDB01-71xx files as data segments using the .DCT files as field names. The actual operation of this would vary depending on the DBMS you are using. Spreadsheets: Many spreadsheet programs are capable of "importing" data from comma-delimited flat files such as these. Specifically, with LOTUS 123 we suggest using CENSUS (in CENSUS.ARC) or the following action: 1) Process a file in question through the UTILITYC program to add the Area names and codes (Option 6). Naming the output file as xxxx.PRN 2) Import the xxxx.PRN to Lotus 123 with the /FileImport command. 3) Sort the file (/DataSort) on the first 4 columns to seperate the rows with multiple DMA codes. 4) Align the columns with the Move command and expand the columns to the width necessary to view the data (place name should be 35 columns wide). Programming: Comma-delimited files are easily read into most languages. See the reference manual of your choice. COPYRIGHTS This data and the UTILITYC program was gathered, collected, and written by the US Government Census Bureau and, as such, is in the public domain. The PKXARC program is a copyrighted product of Phil Katz and is used here under license. The Utility programs in CENSUS.ARC are copyrighted by Clark Trivett and are included here under license. These are both shareware programs. If they save you even an hours work they are surely worth the small payment the authors require. PKXARC has already saved you money, since it allowed us to distribute more than three times the information on each disk than we could have without it. The format in which this data has been provided (ie. archived in this manner on these particular disks) comprises a compilation that is unique to Public Brand Software and as such is copyrighted by us. This documentation is also copyrighted by Public Brand Software. We require only that you not make multiple copies of this documentation file or disks provided here to sell to the public in competition with our services. Copyright 1987, 1988, Public Brand Software Thanks for your support of our services. Public Brand Software, P.O. Box 51315, Indianapolis IN 46251 By the way, if you do write any nifty programs to convert the data to FILE EXPRESS/PC-FILE or DBASE-II databases, Lotus worksheets or to manipulate the data directly, be sure to put them in the public domain or distribute them as user supported software. CATALOG NOTES The state data files (as stated previously) have been archived in order to keep the data together and to be able to provide more data for the buck. The Census bureau provides this same data on 46 disks at the cost of $600.00. From Public Brand Software it all comes on 14 disks at $60. But enough blowing of our own horn. The data files are as follows: Disk # File Name State Disk # File Name State CE2.0 DATA-RE8.ARC AK HI CE8.0 DATA-WI.ARC WI DATA-RE7.ARC OR WA DATA-IL1.ARC IL part 1 DATA-CA1.ARC CA part 1 DATA-IL2.ARC IL part 2 DATA-CA2.ARC CA part 2 CE9.0 DATA-IN.ARC IN CE3.0 DATA-RE6.ARC AZ NV NM UT DATA-MI.ARC MI DATA-RE5.ARC ID MT WY DATA-CO.ARC CO CE10.0 DATA-TN.ARC TN DATA-KY.ARC KY CE4.0 DATA-RE4.ARC ND SD DATA-OH.ARC OH DATA-NE.ARC NE DATA-KS.ARC KS CE11.0 DATA-RE1.ARC ME NH VT DATA-RE2.ARC CT MA RI CE5.0 DATA-OK.ARC OK DATA-NY.ARC NY DATA-TX1.ARC TX part 1 DATA-TX2.ARC TX part 2 CE12.0 DATA-PA.ARC PA DATA-NJ.ARC NJ CE6.0 DATA-MN.ARC MN DATA-RE3.ARC DE DC MD WV DATA-IA.ARC IA DATA-MO.ARC MO CE13.0 DATA-VA.ARC VA DATA-NC.ARC NC CE7.0 DATA-AR.ARC AR DATA-SC.ARC SC DATA-LA.ARC LA DATA-MS.ARC MS CE14.0 DATA-GA1.ARC GA part 1 DATA-AL.ARC AL DATA-GA2.ARC GA part 2 DATA-FL.ARC FL