The Census Bureau Data FERRET System (Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool, discussed in the June 6, 1997 Scout Report) has recently added the CPS Public Basic Monthly (Jan 1994-Present, CPSPUB) microdata file to its data collection. Additional CPS data collections available at the site include Displaced Workers Supplement: 1996; Job Tenure Supplement: 1996; Race & Ethnicity:...

While the name "Social Explorer" may conjure up images for some of a new and powerful social networking site, this site is actually a splendid way to learn more about your friends and neighbors. Created by a team of demographers and GIS experts at Queens College in New York, the Social Explorer website offers access to dozens of different interactive data maps including time series maps that chart...

Maintained by UC Berkeley Digital Library Sunsite, this new data library currently contains the following information from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing: Subject Summary Tape File 1 (SSTF 1), questions asked of every household; SSTF 2: Ancestry of the Population in the United States; Summary Tape File 3, questions asked of 1 in 7 households weighted to represent the total population;...

Easy Analytic Software, Inc. (EASI) provides free access to demographic reports and analyses based on US census data. Reports are generated interactively by users who select from twelve different geographic divisions (e.g. ZIP codes, counties, or television markets) and from twelve different report types--which analyze variables such as income, education, and quality of life. These interactive...