Demographic Data - POSTSEC 6273 - Research in Student Affairs - Research Guides at University of Northern Iowa

Using the Census Reporter and Data.Census.gov to find Demographic and Economic Data for a given Geographic Area

Census Reporter
"Census Reporter is an independent project to make data from the American Community Survey easier to use. We are unaffiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau." Use the Profile option to find basic demographic and economic data for a given geographic location. Use the Explore option to identify possible data of interest - then type in a geographic location. Use the Topics options to locate Census Tables - choose a table - then type in a geographic location.

Explore Census Data by Data.Census.gov
Choose Tables - then choose FILTER - then choose Topics and choose one of ten topics and one or more choices under that topic - then choose Done - the choose CUSTOMIZE TABLE - then choose GEOS - then choose Geography level - then choose the area or areas of interest.- then click on Excel.
WARNING: not all data is available at the Block Group, Tract, County or even State level.

Black Hawk County - Census Reporter
Demographics, Economics, Families (Households), Housing, Educational Attainment, Language, % Foreign Born, % Veterans.
County Business Patterns: Iowa
State Data Center - Totals and Patterns by NAICS Code
Des Moines Reigster
Full text articles from the Des Moines Register (minus photos) from 1999 to present.
Economy at a Glance - Waterloo - Cedar Falls
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Grow Cedar Valley (Cedar Valley Economic Development Cooperation)
Economic development organizations compile data about their regions from various sources, including some independent studies.
Iowa Workforce Development
Detailed figures on employment, hours, wages, and occupational projections.
State Data Center of Iowa
Official source for U.S. census statistics about Iowa.
UNI Fact Books and Common Data Sets
Institutional Effectiveness & Planning
Waterloo Courier via EBSCOhost - selected articles from 2002-2020
Waterloo Courier via Nexis Uni - selected articles from 2006 - present
In Nexis UNI click on "A Publication". Then type in Waterloo Courier in the "Find Publication (Enter Publication Name)" blank. When the option for Waterloo Courier appears below the blank - in red letters - click on this option. Then enter your search in the "Search in all News for" blank. After retrieving your results you can limit by Timeline (years of publication).