Census Bureau News -- Census Bureau Releases 2010 Census American
Indian and Alaska Native Summary File
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Today the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2010 Census
American Indian and Alaska Native Summary File. This summary file
provides statistics for the largest number of American Indian and
Alaska Native groups of any Census Bureau data product. For the
first time, the summary file includes detailed information on
individual Central American, South American and Mexican American
indigenous groups.
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The summary file provides statistics such as age, sex, household
relationship and homeownership for more than 1,500 groups that
include American Indian and Alaska Native tribal groupings,
specific American Indian tribes and specific Alaska Native
villages, with a population of at least 100 at the national
level.
The 2010 Census American Indian and Alaska Native Summary File
is available for states, counties, county subdivisions, places,
census tracts, ZIP Code tabulation areas, congressional districts
for the 111th Congress, metropolitan areas, American Indian
and Alaska Native areas, tribal subdivisions and Hawaiian home
lands.
To preserve confidentiality, only geographic entities with a
population of at least 100 for the specified group are available in
the summary file.
Accessing the Information
The 2010 Census American Indian and Alaska Native Summary File
tables can be found on the Census Bureau's American
FactFinder website by using the "Topics" filter to select the
dataset "2010 American Indian and Alaska Native SF." Next, use the
"Race and Ethnic Groups" filter to select the American Indian and
Alaska Native tribal groupings, specific American Indian tribes, or
specific Alaska Native villages of interest. While a variety of
tables will be available, a good place to start is the Profile of
General Population and Housing Characteristics, which shows a
summary of characteristics for one geographic area at a time.
A summary file version of the information is also available for
users who want to download the set of detailed tables for all
geographies and run their own analysis and rankings. The summary
file contains two parts: a file with the geographic headers (in
fixed-length ASCII format) and a file with the statistical
information (in comma-separated ASCII format). The summary file is
available for download on the FTP site.
Public Information Office
301-763-3030
e-mail: pio@census.gov
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