Getting Started is a series of graphical website instructions designed to help in finding and using data from the internet.

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1 Getting Started Using the NEW American FactFinder Website to Find Community Data on School Districts and Neighborhoods Julie N. Zimmerman, October 2011 Kentucky: By The Numbers UK Department of Community and Leadership Development In 2011, the Census Bureau began migrating their data from the original American FactFinder website to a New American FactFinder website that has been redesigned. This publication provides graphical instructions to help you get started in finding community data for school districts and neighborhoods using the NEW American FactFinder website. Getting Started is a series of graphical website instructions designed to help in finding and using data from the internet. Copies of this publication and others are available online at: Just click on Kentucky: By the Numbers. NEW American FactFinder The NEW American FactFinder uses a series a filters to narrow down your data search. These graphical website instructions uses screen shots to walk you through one way to access data on the NEW American FactFinder website. As you become more comfortable with the website, you will discover that there is more than one way to locate data. By the Fall of 2011, all data from the Census Bureau are scheduled to be on this new website. For now, you can still use the Legacy FactFinder website at

2 2 To start, click here and enter the address for the school.

3 3 Type in the school s address. I ll use Morton Middle School in Lexington. Click GO

4 4 Scroll Down

5 5 Here you can see the full list of geographies that include your school. If your district is the same as the county, you can use county data. If your district is smaller or larger than the county, you can look at the district. If you want data for the neighborhood where the school is located, look at tracts. Even smaller geography is the block and block group. You can also use Zip Codes.

6 6 Since the Fayette county school district has a lot of schools and neighborhoods, I ll pick Census Tract.

7 7 Sometimes it can take a little bit. Be patient. When it is done, close this out

8 8 Your selections will always show up in this box. So far, we have only selected our geography. This is a list of every table from every database the Census Bureau provides that contains data with the geography you selected.

9 9 The table called Profile is a good place to find a variety of data. Click on the title to see the table with your data. This list will grow as more and more data are added to the website. The Profile above is for data from the 2010 Census. Look for tables using the dataset with SF1.

10 10 Scroll Down to see the full list of data in the table.

11 11 Click here to see the many ways you can modify the table. You can also download a pdf of the table (even after you modify it).

12 12 Making a map of where your school is located If the Map View tab doesn t work, Click on MAIN to go back to the homepage and keep following these graphical instructions

13 13 On the Main page This is where you can make a map of your geography

14 14 Pick your state and Click GO

15 15 Be patient. Scroll Down

16 16 Click on Find a Location

17 17 Click on address then click GO

18 18 Type in your school s address and click GO

19 19 Since I first found the data for the Census Tract with the school, American FactFinder remembered this. Here is the Census Tract where the school is located.

20 20 Want to see the other Census Tract boundaries? Click on Boundaries and Features

21 21 Select 2010 Census Tract Scroll down to find the UPDATE button.

22 22 Click UPDATE (as in update the map )

23 23 Here is your map. Want a closer view? You can zoom in and out Since we made the map second, the American FactFinder website remembered our earlier choices. MUCH EASIER!!

24 24 Other graphical website instructions are available Getting Started Finding Economic Data Online at the Bureau of Economic Analysis Getting Started Finding Unemployment Data Online at the Bureau of Labor Statistics Getting Started Finding Agriculture Data Online in the Census of Agriculture These are under Publications on the Kentucky: By the Numbers website. Kentucky: By the Numbers is a program of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service in the Department of Community and Leadership Development at the University of Kentucky. Primarily known for the data series by the same name, the program also provides publications and other resources for those interested in finding data on their county. Data and resources are available on the Kentucky: By the Numbers section of the SNARL ( website. For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension office or Julie N. Zimmerman, Department of Community and Leadership Development, 500 Garrigus Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Call (859) or at jzimm@ .uky.edu. Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND KENTUCKY COUNTIES, COOPERATING An Equal Opportunity University