<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<metadata>
<idinfo>
<citation>
<citeinfo>
<origin>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau</origin>
<pubdate>19000101</pubdate>
<title>American FactFinder</title>
<geoform>WEB page</geoform>
<onlink>http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</citation>
<descript>
<abstract>American FactFinder (AFF) is an online source for population, housing, economic and geographic data that presents the results from the following four key data programs:  (1) Decennial Census of Housing and Population, (2) Economic Census, (3) American Community Survey, and (4) Population Estimates Program.  The Decennial Census of Housing and Population program includes data collected during the 1990 and 2000 Decennial Census.  Topics covered by this program include: Population, race, ancestry, income, disability, education, employment, language, marital status, occupation, poverty status, housing characteristics and more.  The Economic Census program includes data collected during the 1997 and 2002 Economic Census.  Topics covered by this program include:  Industry, establishments, sales, receipts, revenues, shipments, expenses, products, payroll, and employees.  The American Community Survey program includes data collected during the 1996 and 2002 surveys.  Topics covered by this program include: Population, race, ancestry, income, disability, education, employment, language, marital status, occupation, poverty, and housing characteristics.  The Population Estimates Program includes data collected during the July 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002 time frame.  Topics covered by this program include:  Estimated total population for the previous year for geographic areas above; estimates by age, sex, and race/ethnicity are available for selected geographic areas.</abstract>
<purpose>The American FactFinder is an easy-to-use on-line tool for obtaining data in the form of maps, tables, and reports from a variety of Census Bureau sources.</purpose>
<supplinf>Results from each of the data programs, outlined in the abstract, are provided in the form of data sets, tables, thematic maps, and reference maps.  Key functions provided in AFF include:  (a) On-line reference mapping, (b) On-line thematic mapping of selected characteristics, (c) Search by address capability for Census 2000 data sets, (d) Search by address for locating census tract, block group and block numbers for Census 2000, (e) Both keyword and geographic searching capability that pinpoints individual tables, maps and other products, (f) Printing, (g) Multiple download options, (h) Access to FTP site where files are provided by the program area, (i) Advanced filtering for Economic Data Sets, and (j) Ability to create custom tables for demographic data sets.</supplinf>
</descript>
<timeperd>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>19900101</begdate>
<enddate>20050101</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<current>Date of last update to WEB page.</current>
</timeperd>
<status>
<progress>Complete</progress>
<update>As needed</update>
</status>
<spdom>
<bounding>
<westbc>172.460870</westbc>
<eastbc>-65.221527</eastbc>
<northbc>71.342941</northbc>
<southbc>17.885115</southbc>
</bounding>
</spdom>
<keywords>
<theme>
<themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
<themekey>economy</themekey>
<themekey>society</themekey>
</theme>
<theme>
<themekt>None</themekt>
<themekey>Decennial Census of Housing and Population</themekey>
<themekey>Economic Census</themekey>
<themekey>American Community Survey</themekey>
<themekey>Population Estimates Program</themekey>
<themekey>Age</themekey>
<themekey>Ancestry</themekey>
<themekey>Commuting</themekey>
<themekey>Disability</themekey>
<themekey>Economic characteristics</themekey>
<themekey>Education</themekey>
<themekey>Employed</themekey>
<themekey>Employees</themekey>
<themekey>Employment</themekey>
<themekey>Establishments</themekey>
<themekey>Estimated total population</themekey>
<themekey>Expenses</themekey>
<themekey>Family size</themekey>
<themekey>Foreign born</themekey>
<themekey>Group quarters</themekey>
<themekey>House heating fuel</themekey>
<themekey>Household</themekey>
<themekey>Household size</themekey>
<themekey>Housing characteristics</themekey>
<themekey>Housing occupancy</themekey>
<themekey>Housing unit</themekey>
<themekey>Income</themekey>
<themekey>Industry</themekey>
<themekey>Labor force</themekey>
<themekey>Language</themekey>
<themekey>Marital status</themekey>
<themekey>Mean travel time</themekey>
<themekey>Median age</themekey>
<themekey>Median family income</themekey>
<themekey>Median household income</themekey>
<themekey>Native</themekey>
<themekey>Nativity</themekey>
<themekey>Naturalized citizen</themekey>
<themekey>Occupation</themekey>
<themekey>Owner-occupied</themekey>
<themekey>Payroll</themekey>
<themekey>Per capita income</themekey>
<themekey>Place of birth</themekey>
<themekey>Population</themekey>
<themekey>Population characteristics</themekey>
<themekey>Population estimates</themekey>
<themekey>Poverty</themekey>
<themekey>Products</themekey>
<themekey>Race</themekey>
<themekey>Receipts</themekey>
<themekey>Renter-occupied</themekey>
<themekey>Residence</themekey>
<themekey>Revenues</themekey>
<themekey>Sales</themekey>
<themekey>School enrollment</themekey>
<themekey>Sex</themekey>
<themekey>Shipments</themekey>
<themekey>Social characteristics</themekey>
<themekey>Unemployed</themekey>
<themekey>Vacancy rate</themekey>
<themekey>Veteran status</themekey>
</theme>
<place>
<placekt>FIPS Publication 55-3</placekt>
<placekey>United States</placekey>
<placekey>Alabama</placekey>
<placekey>Alaska</placekey>
<placekey>Arizona</placekey>
<placekey>Arkansas</placekey>
<placekey>California</placekey>
<placekey>Colorado</placekey>
<placekey>Delaware</placekey>
<placekey>District of Columbia</placekey>
<placekey>Florida</placekey>
<placekey>Georgia</placekey>
<placekey>Hawaii</placekey>
<placekey>Idaho</placekey>
<placekey>Illinois</placekey>
<placekey>Indiana</placekey>
<placekey>Iowa</placekey>
<placekey>Kansas</placekey>
<placekey>Kentucky</placekey>
<placekey>Louisiana</placekey>
<placekey>Maine</placekey>
<placekey>Maryland</placekey>
<placekey>Massachusetts</placekey>
<placekey>Michigan</placekey>
<placekey>Minnesota</placekey>
<placekey>Mississippi</placekey>
<placekey>Missouri</placekey>
<placekey>Montana</placekey>
<placekey>Nebraska</placekey>
<placekey>Nevada</placekey>
<placekey>New Hampshire</placekey>
<placekey>New Jersey</placekey>
<placekey>New Mexico</placekey>
<placekey>New York</placekey>
<placekey>North Carolina</placekey>
<placekey>North Dakota</placekey>
<placekey>Ohio</placekey>
<placekey>Oklahoma</placekey>
<placekey>Oregon</placekey>
<placekey>Pennsylvania</placekey>
<placekey>Rhode Island</placekey>
<placekey>South Carolina</placekey>
<placekey>South Dakota</placekey>
<placekey>Tennessee</placekey>
<placekey>Texas</placekey>
<placekey>Utah</placekey>
<placekey>Vermont</placekey>
<placekey>Virginia</placekey>
<placekey>Washington</placekey>
<placekey>West Virginia</placekey>
<placekey>Wisconsin</placekey>
<placekey>Wyoming</placekey>
<placekey>American Samoa</placekey>
<placekey>Guam</placekey>
<placekey>Northern Mariana Islands</placekey>
<placekey>Puerto Rico</placekey>
<placekey>U.S. Minor Outlying Islands</placekey>
<placekey>Virgin Islands of the U.S.</placekey>
<placekey>Federated States of Micronesia</placekey>
<placekey>Marshall Islands</placekey>
<placekey>Palau</placekey>
</place>
</keywords>
<accconst>None</accconst>
<useconst>None</useconst>
<ptcontac>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>U.S. Census Bureau, Customer Services Center</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
<address>4700 Silver Hill Road</address>
<city>Washington</city>
<state>DC</state>
<postal>20233-0001</postal>
<country>United States</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>301-763-4636</cntvoice>
<cntfax>301-457-3842</cntfax>
<cntemail>Webmaster@census.gov</cntemail>
<hours>Monday-Thursday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM EST, and Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM EST</hours>
</cntinfo>
</ptcontac>
</idinfo>
<metainfo>
<metd>20041216</metd>
<metc>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, National Geographic Partnerships Team</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
<address>4700 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400</address>
<city>Washington</city>
<state>DC</state>
<postal>20233-7400</postal>
<country>United States</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>301.763.1056</cntvoice>
<cntfax>301.457.4710</cntfax>
</cntinfo>
</metc>
<metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
</metainfo>
</metadata>
