Census data can provide a unique picture of local communities, by providing information on indicators such as household income levels, the age and education-level of a population, the race and ethnic makeup of a community and how a population has changed over time. This type of information is particularly useful when trying to write a grant proposal to demonstrate the need for resources within a community, or when trying to assess the needs and issues of a community. This session will explain how to access census information and use it to create maps and graphics to visualize the information being written about in proposal submissions.

1. Spatial Information Visualization 16 September 2010 IRNet Brian Deal Urban and Regional Planning University of Illinois

3. Garden Cities Ebenezer Howard (early 20 th century) New Urbanism Duany, Plater-Zyberk, Calthorpe (1980s-present) Urban Spatial Visions … Towers in the Sky Le Corbusier (early 20 th century modernism) Broad Acre Frank Lloyd Wright (1930s)

4. Where are we now?

6. “ Our Neighborhood” Census Tract 2 City of Champaign Champaign Township Champaign County State of Illinois

7. How does the per capita income of our neighborhood compare to the rest of the city, the region, state, and nation? Racial composition ? Home ownership (Tenure) ? Education level ? Gee whiz Brian, How do we find this data?

8. Collect the data from the Census! Geography TRACT Median HH income 1999 Median FAM inc 1999 % Drove to Work Alone % NON-WHITE %_HU_OwnOcc %HU_NO_VEHC Census Tract 2, Champaign County, Illinois 2 21728 24,107 95.33799534 91.53506001 53.05410122 27.05061082 Census Tract 9.01, Champaign County, Illinois 9.01 26669 34,130 94.95450786 49.01840491 46.9808542 9.818360334 Census Tract 9.02, Champaign County, Illinois 9.02 50827 61,250 94.13622012 16.73215455 80.29520295 2.287822878 Census Tract 10, Champaign County, Illinois 10 38155 51,695 93.01788806 14.39227731 52.02918377 10.85271318 Census Tract 11, Champaign County, Illinois 11 60523 67,391 91.76313446 8.786724701 83.43446602 5.946601942 Census Tract 12.05, Champaign County, Illinois 12.05 68438 77,978 88.3070666 14.65240642 96.7340591 2.177293935 Census Tract 12.06, Champaign County, Illinois 12.06 95027 113,335 87.73800457 11.12745098 87.29216152 0 Census Tract 14, Champaign County, Illinois 14 31875 58,152 84.53006421 26.90217391 28.93175074 6.083086053 Census Tract 53, Champaign County, Illinois 53 22254 26,806 83.51498638 58.06835067 36.25 14.6875 Census Tract 56, Champaign County, Illinois 56 31272 37,449 77.11757269 28.73174207 48.56589147 10.65891473 Census Tract 57, Champaign County, Illinois 57 45485 65,285 64 22.45096675 55.98919243 13.41939358 Census Tract 58, Champaign County, Illinois 58 35714 84,540 60 14.87016169 47.51570531 9.594517419 Census Tract 59, Champaign County, Illinois 59 10224 29,286 42.03993524 33.80789022 4.6875 31.71875 Census Tract 60, Champaign County, Illinois 60 22533 22,188 29.22050855 54.46616541 4.860088365 22.82768778 Census Tract 106.02, Champaign County, Illinois 106.2 51896 58,667 25.32663317 2.955725946 80.24857239 3.829358415

9. Midwest West South Northeast CENSUS REGION The US Census Bureau divides the entire USA into four “Regions”…

10. CENSUS DIVISIONS (9) Pacific Mountain West North Central West South Central East North Central East South Central South Atlantic Middle Atlantic New England … and nine “Divisions”

11. COUNTIES (3,140) … .3,140 US Counties

12. Illinois (102 Counties) The State of Illinois has 102 Counties.

14. Champaign County (41 Census Tracts) There tend to be more census tracts where there are more people. When they cluster in cities, they are about the size of what we’d consider a neighborhood .

15. Urbanized areas Champaign-Urbana ooo2

16. Census Tracts in the Champaign Urbana Area 1 mile ooo2

17. 1 mile Census Tracts and Block Groups in the Champaign Urbana Area Census Tracts are further divided into several “Block Groups” and then into very small “Blocks” (not pictured) For the purpose of this presentation, we are advocates for a neighborhood in Census Tract 2 in Champaign County

20. Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) Sample Data. Also known as the census “long form” Choose your data set. Make sure you’re choosing from the 2000 Census. Summary File 3 contains more detailed data on community characteristics. “ Detailed Tables”

21. “ Next” Select your geographies . We’re going to choose the entire nation, the State of Illinois, Champaign County, the City of Champaign, and Census Tract 2 (our “neighborhood”)

22. Select the individual variables you want to know about. Here we have selected “Total Population,” “Race,” etc. Show result!

23. When you request data for many census tracts, it’s often difficult to read all of them at once. It’s easiest to download the census data as an MS Excel file. Download the data as an excel file.

28. “ Thematic Maps” Generating Thematic Maps with Census Data MAP IT!

29. Choose your geography. Thematic maps will break down this geography into smaller levels. Here, we’ve chosen Champaign County, Illinois.

30. Now choose the “theme” or specific census datum that you want to see mapped. Here we’ve chosen “Per Capita Income in 1999.” All mapped themes are per capita or percent variables– they are not “raw” data.

31. Full County View. Zoom in to see Census Tract 2, our neighborhood. Pan, Identify, Get Data Sub-geographies: Tracts, County Subdivision, Blog Groups, etc.

32. “ Per capita income (1999) of Census Tract 2 is in the lowest income quintile of all census tracts in Champaign County with per capita income $11, 064.” Per Capita Income by census tract

33. “ While some census tracts in the Champaign-Urbana metro area display income variation, per capita income (1999) of ALL census block groups in Census Tract 2 are in the lowest income quintile of census tracts in Champaign County with per capita income $11, 064 .” University of Illinois Per Capita Income by census block group

34. Percent of Persons 25 Years and Over with Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 “ Educational attainment in Census Tract 2 is relatively low compared to other tracts in Champaign-Urbana. Although one block group has relatively high rate of post-secondary education, most block groups are in the lowest quintile of post-secondary educational

35. How does the per capita income of our neighborhood compare to the rest of the city, the region, state, and nation? Per capita income in our neighborhood is lower than national, state, regional, and local income levels. Racial composition ? The racial composition of our neighborhood is overwhelmingly African American (85.54%), exceeding national, state, regional, and local levels. Home ownership (Tenure) ? Our neighborhood has nearly equal levels of home owners (53%) and renters (47%), but has relatively more renters than the nation, state, and region. The City of Champaign has a larger portion of renters, most like due to a large student population. Education level ? Our neighborhood has relatively low levels of post-secondary education, but only ten percentage points lower than the national average.

40. LEAMplan

44. Growth by … Watershed School District Census Block Group

49. Champaign-Urbana Mobility-Enhanced Development-Redevelopment University Policy ??

50. Groundwater Protection Mask

51. Groundwater Protection Change Map

52. Green Infrastructure Stress

56. Water Demand

62. www.leam.illinois.edu/cu

71. Spatial Frequency Calculations

72. Probability Surface

74. Commercial No Change Residential 0 1 Random Number Generator Development Score