This section being updated. Video coming soon.

 

See related:

http://proximityone.com/cen2010_sf1.htm

State-County Codes: http://proximityone.com/stcty.txt

 

Start-up view of US1_miami.gis project.  Installed on user computer by CV XE GIS installer.

 

Zoom-in to Miami showing blocks in detail, labeled with total population; attributes of block at pointer shown in Shape Viewer

 

Accessing Census 2010 Summary File 1 census block demographics

 

Example:

Access/download selected census block level demographics for Miami-Data, FL by clicking link below or copy/pasting text in browser URL bar:

 

https://api.census.gov/data/2010/dec/sf1?get=H001001,H004001,H004002,H004003,H004004,P001001&for=block:*&in=state:12%20county:086

 

Press enter and it returns the following Census 2010 items for all Miami-Date County, FL (12086) blocks.

 

H001001 Total housing units

H004001 Occupied housing units

H004002 .. Owned with a mortgage or a loan

H004003 .. Owned free and clear

H004004 .. Renter occupied

P001001 Total population

 

Copy the returned page into text editor (Notepad) and edit a little to create a CSV file, then import into CV XE GIS

 

Perform this operation using any state-county codes in the URL text.

Geospatially analyzing these data.

 

Step 1 - creating the Miami-Dade County blocks shapefile populated with the Census 2010 SF1 block demographics

 

There are 38970 blocks in Miami-Dade County

There are ~485,000 blocks in the Florida statewide blocks shapefile (see related section)

 

Options:

which is  better?

 

Using these files:

cen2010sf1items.dbf

cen2010sf1items.csv