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Accessing Data from Census 2010 Summary File 1 .. some comparisons with FactFinder

 

	DDA	FactFinder
Demographic Profile	available census block level up.	not available at census block level.
table vs item selection	enables item level selection Census 2010 SF1 PCT Table 12 has 209 subject matter items: select any subset.	requires the user to access data by whole tables For Census 2010 SF1 PCT Table 12 the entire set of items must be selected.
online/offline	operates online and offline or offline only Internet optional (using DVD)	online only; requires Internet.
multi-attribute selection	enables selection of any field from the geographic header segment e.g., select both census block and school district code in block level download.	provides only the geocode for selected geographic level.
data selection by SQL query	enables data selection by SQL-like query on any field combination in geographic header segment	no SQL-like query selection; select from list more limiting.
data aggregation	enables data aggregation e.g., aggregate a set of items across a set of selected census blocks	no data aggregation.
integration of downloaded data to shapefile	enables direct integration of demographic data into shapefiles	requires external tools.
integration of downloaded data between any dbf files	enables integration of data across statistical programs e.g., 2010 Census & 2010 ACS or 2010 Census and user own data.	operates on one statistical program at a time.

 

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