Learn All About Public Census Records

The census records are one of the most frequently viewed public records in the United States. A census analysis can be generated in several types of fields. The United States Constitution has mandated the United States Census as a decennial census which means, the census of this nation is projected in every 10 years. The last census research of USA was done in 2000 and the recent one is scheduled to be held in 2010.

Census Records: An Introduction 

The census is conducted by the United States Census Bureau. Between the decennial census periods this body issues estimates taken from various statistical models and surveys. These studies are based on residential structures of US which comprises citizens, non-citizens visitors for long-term basis, legal non-citizen residents as well as illegal immigrants.

The basic purpose of creating these public census records is to retrieve information regarding the general statistics. There are four census regions in the political division of United States identified by the bureau namely-
• Region 1- Northeast
• Region 2- Midwest
• Region 3- South
• Region 4- West
These regions are further branched into nine subdivisions. These groupings are made for facilitating census data presentation in the United States. No subdivisions are created according to cultural, geographical or historical bonds. Recently the Census Bureau is ranking the states in the qualitative form which is basically based on the quantitative data. This is done for a better data interpretation. For additional Information log on to: http://www.census.gov
Public census records are also useful for learning other kind of information. For instance you can use the genealogy census records for learning about members of your family, parent’s birth places, date of immigration, occupation, their ages, etc.
Learn more from: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/
Or directly contact The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001

Access Census Records 

All census reports created since 1930 are presently available for public view. These can be accessed on ‘microfilm’ format which is released by the ‘National Archives and Records Administration’. This body is the official keeper of the archived records of the federal census. You can even access these records online or in many state libraries as facilitated by the National Archives. Moreover, you won’t be charged for viewing these records.
Public census records are of various types. These are not only stored in the Census Bureau and the National Archives of USA but some of them can also be found in the respective branch offices. For example public census records on schools can be found in the respective educational departments; census records on inmates can be available in the state Department of Corrections. But these are generally not available for the public.
Conducting a search for public census records of USA is now an easy task. Simply enter the topic on the blank provided in the search site and you will get the required information. To search census reports on topics related household and economy visit the following page:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/
Or contact:
Us Census Bureau
Population Division
Ph: 1-866-758-1060
You can learn about statistics related to various population shares, voting age population, estimates on housing units, affordability indices, employment statistics and so on. If you contact the regional offices of the Census Bureau you will get to know more on the state specific information on census records. To know about the services provided by each state, take a look at this particular webpage http://www.census.gov/regions/