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Census Atlas of the United States

The U.S. Census Bureau has published the Census Atlas of the United States. The new Atlas is an authoritative reference work that paints a fascinating and dynamic portrait of the American nation. It includes more than 700 full-color maps derived from 210 years of official Census data.

“This volume is the first comprehensive atlas produced by the U.S. Census Bureau since the early twentieth century. It highlights demographic, social, and economic conditions and changes for both people and housing in the United States and Puerto Rico. The atlas illustrates the wide range of data collected by the U. S. decennial censuses of population from the first in 1790 to the latest in 2000.”

The Atlas interprets population and housing data through maps organized by:

• States
• Counties
• Cities of more than one million
• Major metropolitan areas of more than 4 million

Census Atlas of the United States is available on the Census Bureau Web site. A print copy of the Census Atlas is available in the Government Documents collection at Tarver Library.