CENSUS 2000 SUMMARY FILE 3 DATA
Social Characteristics

NCTCOG is providing selected data files from Census 2000 Summary File 3 for the North Central Texas region.  The files contain the most requested variables, i.e., those which are included in the Summary File 3 Social Characteristics report.  (The full set of 76 data files may be downloaded from the Texas State Data Center or the U.S. Census Bureau.)  Data files are presented as they were obtained from the Census Bureau, with the addition of a "county code" field for use in filtering.

All files are in dbf format, which can be added as a table to an ArcView/ArcGIS project, or opened as a spreadsheet in applications such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access.  The layout of each file is dependent upon the summary level selected.

City and county summary level:  One data file (dbf) for all cities or counties in the NCTCOG region

Field descriptions

Block group, tract and zip code tabulation area (ZCTA) summary level:  Zipped archive of three data files (dbf) for all block groups or five data files (dbf) for all tracts or ZCTAs in the NCTCOG region

Field descriptions for file SF30002
(family type, marital status, language, place of birth, citizenship)

Field descriptions for file SF30003
(previous residence, journey to work, school enrollment, educational attainment)

Field descriptions for file SF30004
(veteran status, disability status, employment status)

Field descriptions for file SF30019 - tract and ZCTA only
(family type, marital status, grandparents as caregivers)

Field descriptions for file SF30022 - tract and ZCTA only
(ancestry, place of birth)