Census 2000 Homework: Population Pyramid and Maps - Prof. Ping-Chi Li, Assignments of Human Geography

Download Census 2000 Homework: Population Pyramid and Maps - Prof. Ping-Chi Li and more Assignments Human Geography in PDF only on Docsity! GEOG 1120, 2007 Spring, Homework 2, Due 2/20/2007, Tuesday (in class) Go to www.census.gov and click “Your Gateway to Census 2000” to go to next page Click link on “Enter a Street Address to find Census 2000 Data” On next page, enter your own street address (NOT Tech address, your home address), then click “GO” A page will appear with options for you to select census levels (State – County, Census Tract, Census Block Group and Census Block). We will refer this page as “Starting Page” in this homework instruction. Select “Block Group” and click “Map It” button A map showing your street and Block Group of the home address will appear. Print this page. Write your name on this page. This is your first page you have to turn in. Click “Close” to close this window. Task 2 Back to the page and select “County”, my example shows Putnam County, you may have your own county. Click “Map It” to show County Map with miles. The following example shows 65 miles across. Print this page and turn in THIS PAGE with your name on it. (3 points) Bonus point: Calculate the scale used in the map from the bottom of the displayed unit. (For example, scale is expressed as 1 to 2,000 for a map where 1 inch on the map is equal to 2,000 inches in the real world) (2 point) Task 3 . Now, back to the “Starting Page” and select “County” and then, click “OK”. It will generate data for this selected county. Now, the page you are viewing has extended longer. You will see many major headings, such as Products, Reference Maps, Thematic Maps….. Scroll down to the heading of “Quick Tables and Demographic Profiles” and click “QT-P1: Age Group and Sex: 2000” You will have table such as the following