Friday, July 5, 2013

Census Data Updates

The hunt for census data begins!

Here are the guiding questions for this search:
1) What is the Hispanic make-up of the Charlottesville, VA community (population #, %, etc.) ?
2) How is the Hispanic community of Charlottesville geographically concentrated?

This search will utilize the census data most available, which is in this case from the year 2010. Some Google searches, reviews of census.gov data, and help from Vatsal addressed the first of these questions:

Charlottesville, VA 2010 Total Population: 43,475
Charlottesville, VA 2010 Hispanic/Latino Population: 2,223 (5.1%)
Broken down by                    #      %
Mexican9542.2
Puerto Rican2000.5
Cuban1190.3
Other Hispanic or Latino [5]9502.2


Charlottesville, VA 2010 Hispanic/Latino Population Breakdown by Age: 


Graph: Population by Age and Hispanic or Latino Origin, 2010 Census - Charlottesville, Virginia
Graph: Population by Age and Hispanic or Latino Origin, 2010 Census - Charlottesville, Virginia - Census Viewer
Population by Hispanic or Latino Origin (of any race), 2000 Census - Charlottesville, VirginiaCountsPercentagesColor
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin1,1022.45%
Persons Not of Hispanic or Latino Origin43,94797.55%


Sources:
http://censusviewer.com/city/VA/Charlottesville (comes with an interactive map!)
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51/51540lk.html (summary of Charlottesville census data and population projections)

This is, of course, of a very rough and preliminary start! Some feedback is more than welcome on what kind of data we want (spatial, numeric, health-related, etc.)!

2 comments:

  1. awesome! here's some ideas we'd thrown out earlier in the year:
    Age
    Sex
    Race
    Ethnicity (% Latino, with specific countries of origin if possible)
    Citizenship status (natural born, naturalized, legal alien, illegal alien)
    Morbidity/Mortality
    Birth/Death rates
    Total fertility rate
    Any health data! - infant mortality, HIV status, contraceptive coverage etc
    language spoken at home

    Here's a contact at GIS that may or may not be useful:
    Roderick D. Burton
    Data Management Coordinator
    Division of Information Services
    County of Albemarle
    401 McIntire Rd
    Charlottesville, VA 22902
    (434) 296-5832 ext. 3253
    rburton@albemarle.org

    Albemarle County GISWeb Site
    Albemarle CountyView Web (Development Tracking System)

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  2. Ariel- Dr. Kristen Wells is our research advisor, and does a lot of work with GIS. She said to contact her if you need any help, and you should be able to get GIS access for free through UVA! Her email is KW2FM@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

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