Template:American Factfinder/doc

Template:American Factfinder generates external links to U.S. Census 2000 demographic data of cities, towns, counties, and states. Its primary purpose is to simplify the creation of URL links in references for population in articles. It is meant to be used both to generate stand-alone links and as a backend for Template:Cite American Factfinder for article references.

Generates a link to a PDF from http://censtats.census.gov/data/ that includes
 * General population totals, age, gender, race, and number of households.
 * Social characteristics, such as ethnicity, education, and marital status.
 * Economic data, such as median income, poverty levels, and employment.
 * Housing data, including number and type of housing units as well as home values.

Note: Template is only for the 50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It will not generate information for the other U.S. territories.

Usage
For links: For references:
 * : The two digit postal abbreviation for the state. Use US for United States, DC for District of Columbia and PR for Puerto Rico.


 * : Locality/Geographic Location for which data is needed. See Locality Terms below.


 * : The FIPS Code for the location. For most areas, this is a 4 or 5 digit number preceded by the 2 digit state number. Exemptions are listed below. See Finding FIPS Codes for more.
 * States: 2 digit state number.
 * Counties: 5 digits, state number + county number
 * County subdivisions: 10 digits. state number + county number + location number.
 * Note: Some areas have multiple FIPS Codes. Be sure to use the FIPS code that corresponds to the particular geographic type you have selected, e.g. county, city, township, etc.

Citation
Cite American Factfinder This uses the same parameters as above to generate a citation to the Census tables being cited and the following unique parameters.


 * : Name of the location you are citing. Required.
 * : The date you accessed the data. Defaults to January 31, 2009.

Examples
Citations

Finding FIPS codes

 * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lists state and county FIPS Codes here.
 * The Missouri Census Data Center also has complied a master list of state, county, city, and other location FIPS codes.
 * Search the Geographic Names Information System lists codes for individual locations. Given as "Census Code."
 * Individual Wikipedia articles often list the FIPS code in the article's infobox.

Related templates

 * American Factfinder2 for land area and population density.
 * Cite American Factfinder2 citation template
 * American Factfinder3 Detailed, individual American Factfinder tables, including tables for geographic areas not available with the main template.
 * Cite American Factfinder3 citation template