Research Guides: Researching Your School Community: Census Data

Census data tutorial

Before you decide which survey to look at you need to know two things:

1. What type of geographical area am I interested in (e.g. state, county, Hawaiian Homeland, census tract, etc.)?

2. What population characteristics am I interested in?

This handy table can help you decide which survey best fits your needs. Click on the table for a larger view:

Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) Census Website:

American Community Survey, 2018 5-year Data Profiles Tables

Topic	Table
Total population	DP 02
Total population disaggregated by race	DP 05
Median household income and disaggregated income levels by families	DP 03
Total unemployment rate and disaggregated by race	DP 03 (total only)
Total poverty rate and disaggregated by race	DP 03 (total only)
Graduation rates (educational attainment)	DP 02
number of individuals 25 years and older with an associate’s degree or higher (educational attainment)	DP 02

data.census.gov website:

Data.census.gov Tables

Topic	Table
Total poverty rate disaggregated by race	S1701
Total unemployment rate disaggregated by race	S2301