Census - Local Data
Lockwood Library's Reference Department has copies of census publications covering New York State and its local areas from 1900 to date. Browse the HA section because call numbers vary. See also State and Local Statistics.
Census Tracts
Census tracts are small areas of approximately 4,000 people comparable to neighborhoods.
- Buffalo Census Tract Tables, 1930
Lockwood Oversize | HA730 .B8 B8
Special Collections University Archives Oversize HA730 .B8 B8 - Buffalo, NY Census Tracts, 1940
Lockwood Reference HA 201 1940 B1 Population and Housing (Map is in front of the book)
An online map is at http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu/asl/courses/Buffalo_Tracts_1940_Map.pdf. - Buffalo, NY Census Tracts, 1950
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/asl/courses/Buffalo_Tracts_1950.pdf (Online tract maps are on pages 46-47 (pdf pages 72-73))
Lockwood Reference HA 201 1950 B1 Population & Housing (Maps are in the back of the book) - Buffalo, NY Census Tracts, 1960
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/asl/courses/Buffalo_Tracts_1960.pdf (Does not include map)
Lockwood Reference HA 201 1960 B2 Buffalo Census Tract (Maps are in the back of the book)
Doc US C3.16: 960/PHC(1)/21 (Maps are in back of the book) - Buffalo, NY Census Tracts, 1970
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/asl/courses/Buffalo_Tracts_1970.pdf (1970 maps are online at http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/asl/courses/Buffalo_Tracts_1970_Maps.pdf)
Lockwood Reference HA 201 1970 B1 Census Tracts (Maps are in back of the book)
Doc US C3.223/11:970/35 (Maps are in front of the book)
- Buffalo, NY Census Tracts, 1980
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/asl/courses/Buffalo_Tracts_1980.pdf (Online tract map is on page 349)
Lockwood Reference HA 201 1980 B1 (Maps are in back pocket)
Doc US C3.223/11:980/106 (Maps are at Doc US C3.223/11:980/106 maps) - Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY Census Tracts, 1990
Lockwood Reference HA 201 1990 B1 Census Tracts (Maps are at Lockwood Reference HA 201 1990 B1 Census Tracts Maps)
Erie and Niagara Counties, New York: An Index to Census 2000 Block Maps
(Giann A Palachuvattil Department of Information and Library Studies)
Lockwood Reference G3803.E6E25 2000 .P34
Indexes census 2000 block maps by tracts, places, and towns.
New York State Census Records 1790-1925
(New York State Library)
Lockwood Reference Desk Z1009 .N56 no.88
University Archives Z1009 .N56 no.88
Although published in 1981, New York State Census Records is still a good inventory of federal and state census manuscripts covering 1790-1925. Census manuscripts are forms completed by enumerators that identify individuals at specific addresses. Federal manuscripts are disclosed 72 years after a census is taken because the law requires the Bureau of the Census to maintain confidentiality of respondents. New York State conducted its own mid-decade censuses between 1795 and 1925.
New York State Data Center
(New York State. Empire State Development)
http://www.nylovesbiz.com/NYSDataCenter.html
The New York State Data Center distributes census information through its affiliate network. Lockwood Library became a Data Center Affiliate in 1990. The Web site links to statistics in the American Community Survey, the 2000 Census, and the 2010 Census.
New York State Statistics
(Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government)
http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/ (2002+)
Lockwood Reference Desk HA 541 A27 (current edition)
Lockwood Reference HA 541 A27 (1967-previous edition)
Lockwood Documents NY BUD 955-3 NEWYS (1968-current edition)
Presents a wide range of demographic topics and government information. Most data are at the county level; selected tables have information for cities, towns, and villages. The printed version is entitled New York State Statistical Yearbook.
PAD (Program on Applied Demographics)
(Cornell University. College of Human Ecology)
http://pad.human.cornell.edu/index.cfm
Access View New York State census data, American Community Survey statistics, school district populations, population projections, and trends by age and sex. Good projections are difficult to find.
Population of New York State by County 1790 to 1990
(New York State, Dept. of Economic Development, State Data Center)
- http://www.nylovesbiz.com/NYSDataCenter/Data/Population_Housing/CountyPopHistory.pdf
- http://library.buffalo.edu/asl/guides/busdoc/census/pop_1790_1880.xls (1790-1880)
- http://library.buffalo.edu/asl/guides/busdoc/census/pop_1890_2000.xls (1890-2000)
State Censuses. New York
(KTO Microform)
Capen Multimedia Center MicFiche HA546 .S82 1971
Reproduces data published from the mid-decade censuses conducted by New York State between 1795 and 1925.