Resources for Statistics, Demographics & Census

Great Places to Start Your Search

Florida Statistical Abstract (not available online) - the print version is available at the UCF Library Reference Desk.
Florida Research & Economic Database (FRED) provides labor market information, economic, & demographic data for the state.
Florida County Selection Map (U.S. Census) provides links to QuickFacts tables with summary profiles showing frequently requested data items about each county.

Census Atlas of the United States

• Maintain a centralized website for easy access to timely and relevant information for the Central Florida community in the form of research, reports and data sets
• Create an ongoing opportunity for exchange of relevant community information regarding data sources and data needs
• Educate the community regarding availability of data and how to use data effectively and accurately through on-line "help" and community seminars.
• Serve as a conduit for local datasets to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Population Data & Other Statistics

Population Projections

Current Population Estimates

American Community Survey

• 2005 (37 counties) - Alachua, Bay, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Leon, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okaloosa, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St Johns, St Lucie, Volusia
• 2004 (16 counties) - Brevard, Broward, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Volusia
• 2003 (16 counties) - Brevard, Broward, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Volusia
• 2002 (16 counties) - Brevard, Broward, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Volusia
• 2001 - Broward County
• 2000 - Broward County
• 1999 - Broward County

Census 2000

Census 2000 Gateway (U.S. Census) - provides information about the Census. 

• Most data is currently available through American FactFinder.
• The UCF Library also has copies of many of the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM products released, but some data was only provided on the Internet.

  For example, the 5-Percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files are available for FTP download, or they can be used on DVD in the UCF Library's Government Documents area [US DOCS C 3.285:P96/2000]

Census 1990

Earlier Data - Florida

1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 Pre-1920

• 1967-1972, 1974- [FLA DOCS UF.S3:S8/]
• 1994- [REF HA311.F55]

• Ch. A - Number of Inhabitants (tables 1-13, maps of county subdivisions, places, urbanized areas)
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/5:980/A11)
• Ch. B - General Population Characteristics (tables 14-55)
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/6:980/B11...)
• Ch. C - General Social and Economic Characteristics (section 1: tables 56-161; section 2: 162-193)
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/7:980/C11...)
• Ch. D - Detailed Population Characteristics (section 1: tables 194-220; section 2: 221-238; section 3: 239-251)
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/8:980/D11...)

Census Tracts

1980 Census of Housing

• Vol I - Characteristics of Housing Units
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/3:980/...)
  • Ch. A - General Housing Characteristics
  • Ch. B - Detailed Housing Characteristics 
     
• Vol II - Metropolitan Housing Characteristics
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/4:980/...)
   

  Bradenton	Jacksonville	Panama City
  Daytona Beach	Lakeland-Winter Haven	Pensacola
  Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood	Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa	Sarasota
  Fort Myers-Cape Coral	Miami	Tallahassee
  Fort Walton Beach	Ocala	Tampa-St. Petersburg
  Gainesville	Orlando	West Palm Beach

• Block Statistics
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/5:980/...)
   

  Bradenton	Lakeland-Winter Haven	Panama City
  Daytona Beach	Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa	Pensacola
  Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood	Miami  (missing 2/2/06     - see microfiche copy in       1983 ASI 2551-1.241)	Sarasota
  Fort Myers-Cape Coral		Tallahassee
  Fort Walton Beach		Tampa-St. Petersburg
  Gainesville	Ocala	West Palm Beach
  Jacksonville	Orlando	Selected Areas

• Ch. A - Number of Inhabitants (tables 1-15)
• Ch. B - General Population Characteristics (tables 16-39)
• Ch. C - General Social and Economic Characteristics (tables 40-137)
• Ch. D - Detailed Characteristics (tables 138-216)

Census Tracts (1970 Census of Population & Housing) provides pdf files for the following Florida areas:

1970 Census of Housing provides pdf files for the following:

• Vol I - Housing Characteristics for States, Cities, and Counties, including
  
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/3:970/...)
   
  • Ch. A - General Housing Characteristics: Florida, pages 11-1 through 11-120
  • Ch. B - Detailed Housing Characteristics: Florida, pages 11-121 through 11-344
     
• Vol II - Metropolitan Housing Characteristics, including
  
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/4:970/...)
   

  Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood	Miami	Tallahassee (pp 104-163 of pdf)
  Gainesville	Orlando (retrieve as ZIP file)	Tampa-St. Petersburg
  Jacksonville	Pensacola (retrieve as ZIP file)	West Palm Beach

• Vol III - Block Statistics, including
  
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/5:970/...)
   

  Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood	Orlando	Tallahassee
  Jacksonville	Pensacola	West Palm Beach
  Miami Cover-137, 138-183	St. Petersburg	Selected Areas of Florida - Brevard County, Gainesville, Lakeland, Sarasota, Volusia County

Index to Selected 1970 Census Reports by Paul T. Zeisset

• Detailed Characteristics: Florida (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/8:960/no11D)
   
• Characteristics of the Population, Florida
  
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.223/9:960/pt11)
   
  • Number of Inhabitants (tables 1-12, maps of census county divisions & urbanized areas)
  • General Population Characteristics (tables 13-31)
  • General Social and Economic Characteristics (tables 32-93)
  • Detailed Characteristics (tables 94-118)
  • Detailed Characteristics (tables 119-124)
  • Detailed Characteristics (tables 125-146)

Census Tracts

1960 Census of Housing

• City Blocks
  
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/5:960/...)
   

  Daytona Beach	Lakeland (pp 96-108 of pdf)	Pensacola (pp 83-101 of pdf)
  Ft. Lauderdale (pp 23-43 of pdf)	Miami	St. Petersburg
  Hollywood (pp 44-55 of pdf)	Miami Beach (pp 51-61 of pdf)	Tampa (pp 52-127 of pdf)
  Jacksonville (pp 56-95 of pdf)	Orlando (pp 62-82 of pdf)	West Palm Beach (pp 128-142 of pdf)

• Metropolitan Housing Characteristics
  
  (paper copies available at US DOCS C3.224/6:960/...)
   

  Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood (pp.43-53 of pdf)	Orlando (pp.21-31 of pdf)	Tampa-St. Petersburg
  Jacksonville	Pensacola (pp.52-62 of pdf)	West Palm Beach

• Vol I - Number of Inhabitants, Florida
   
• Vol II - Characteristics of the Population, Florida
   
  • Number of Inhabitants (tables 1-9, maps of census county divisions & urbanized areas)
  • General Characteristics (tables 10-50)
  • Detailed Characteristics (tables 51-94)

Census Tracts

1950 Census of Housing

• Vol I - General Characteristics, Florida
   
• Vol II - Metropolitan Housing
   

  Jacksonville (pp.116-137 of pdf)	Orlando (pp.45-56 of pdf)
  Miami	Tampa-St. Petersburg (pp.23-44 of pdf)

• Vol V - Block Statistics (including maps)
   

  Jacksonville (pp.31-84 of pdf)	Orlando	St. Petersburg (pp.69-114 of pdf)
  Miami		Tampa (pp.53-97 of pdf)

• Vol I - Number of Inhabitants, Florida - including counties, minor civil divisions, and census tracts (pages 207-231)
  e.g., Orange County's 43 precincts in 1940 included: Orlando (multiple precincts), Lake Mann, Drennen, Lake Underhill, East Winter Park, West Winter Park, Maitland, Fairvilla, Lockhart, Clarcona, Apopka, Bay Ridge, Zellwood, Oakland, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Orlo Vista, Gotha, Windermere, Vineland, Pinecastle, Belle Isle, Edgewood, Taft, Conway, Union Park, Bithlo, Christmas, Barton Lake
   
• Vol II - Characteristics of the population, Florida. Sex, age race, nativity, citizenship, country of birth of foreign-born white, school attendance, years of school completed, employment status, class of worker, major occupation group and industry group.
   
• Vol III - Labor Force, Florida. Occupation, industry, employment, and income
   
• Vol IV - Characteristics by Age, Florida: Marital status, relationship, education, and citizenship

1940 Census of Housing

• Vol I - Data for small areas, Florida. Selected housing statistics for States, counties, and minor civil divisions; for urban and rural l areas; for incorporated places; and for metropolitan districts (pages 225-270)
   
• Vol II - General characteristics, Florida. Occupancy and tenure status, value of home or monthly rent, size of household and race of head, type of structure, exterior material, year built, conversion, state of repair, number of rooms, housing facilities and equipment, and mortgage status (pages 461-548)
   
• Vol III - Characteristics by monthly rent or value, Florida (pages 243-291)
   
• Vol IV - Mortgages on owner-occupied nonfarm homes, Florida (pages 245-287)

Population

• Vol I - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants, Florida. Total population for states, counties, and townships or other minor civil divisions; for urban and rural areas; and for cities and other incorporated places (pages193-219)
  e.g., Orange County's 27 precincts in 1930 included: South Orlando, North Orlando, Winter Park, Eatonville, Lake Maitland, Lockhart, Fairville, Clarcona, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Oakland, Vineland, Gotha, Windermere, Apopka, Bay Ridge, Zellwood, Taft, Pine Castle, Belle Isle, Edgewood, Conway, Union Park, Bithlo, Christmas, Barton Falls, East Orlo Vista, West Orlo Vista
   
• Vol II - General Report. Statistics by Subject
   
• Vol III - Composition and Characteristics of the Population, Florida. (pages 393-451)
  reported for counties, 3 large cities (Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa) and 11 smaller cities (Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Key West, Lakeland, Orlando, Pensacola, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Sanford, Tallahassee, West Palm Beach), plus limited data for smaller incorporated places
   
• Vol IV - Occupations, Florida. (pages 335-373)
  reported for Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, St. Petersburg, Tampa, & West Palm Beach
   
• Vol V - General Report on Occupations
   
• Vol VI - Families and Dwellings, Florida. (pages 265-292)
  reported for counties, 3 large cities (Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa) and 11 smaller cities (Daytona Beach, Gainesville, Key West, Lakeland, Orlando, Pensacola, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Sanford, Tallahassee, West Palm Beach), plus limited data for smaller incorporated places

• Vol I - Population. Number and Distribution of Inhabitants, Florida. - counties (pages 97-98), incorporated places with 5,000+ inhabitants (pages 189-191), incorporated places with 2,500+ inhabitants (pages 320-326), minor civil divisions (pages 368-375)
  e.g., Orange County's 20 precincts in 1920 included: South Orlando, North Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Lockhart, Apopka, Bay Ridge, Zellwood, Clarcona, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Oakland, Orange Center, Gotha, Taft, Pine Castle, Conway, Christmas, Lake Pickett, Fish
   
• Vol II - Population. General Report and Analytical Tables
  color or race, nativity, parentage, sex distribution, age distribution, marital condition, state of birth of the native population, country of birth of the foreign-born population, year of immigration of the foreign-born population, citizenship of the foreign-born population, country of origin of the foreign white stock, mother tongue of the foreign white stock, school attendance, illiteracy, inability to speak English & Chapter XIV-dwellings & families, ownership of homes, general statistics of population by counties
  some data reported for Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, Pensacola, & Tampa
   
• Vol III - Population. Composition and Characteristics of the Population, Florida. (pages 183-200)
  reported for counties, 6 cities (Jacksonville, Key West, Miami, Pensacola, St. Petersburg, Tampa) and 24 smaller places (Apalachicola, Arcadia, Bartow, Bradentown, Daytona, DeLand, Fernandina, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Kissimmee, Lake City, Lakeland, Live Oak, Ocala, Orlando, Palatka, Plant City, Quincy, St. Augustine, Sanford, South Jacksonville, Tallahassee, West Palm Beach, West Tampa), plus limited data for smaller incorporated places
   
• Vol IV - Population. Occupations
  reported for Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, Pensacola, & Tampa
   
• Vol V - Agriculture. General Report and Analytical Tables
   
• Vol VI - Agriculture. Report for the states, with statistics for counties and a summary for the United States and the North, South, and West. Part 1: The Northern states. Part 2: The Southern states. Part 3: The Western states and outlying possessions
   
• Vol VII - Irrigation and drainage. General report and analytical tables and reports for states, with statistics for counties
   
• Vol VIII - Manufactures. General Report and Analytical Tables
   
• Vol IX - Manufactures, Florida. (pages 241-261)
  reported for Florida, counties, Jacksonville, Key West, Miami, Pensacola, St. Petersburg, & Tampa
   
• Vol X - Manufactures. Reports for Selected Industries
  food, textiles, iron & steel, lumber, leather, paper, chemicals, stone/clay/glass, metals, vehicles, railroad repair shops, & miscellaneous
   
• Vol XI - Mines and quarries, Florida. (pages 92-95)

Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. State Compendium, Florida. Statistics of population, occupations, agriculture, manufactures, and mines and quarries for the State, counties, and cities

• Vol II - Report by States for Counties, Cities, and Other Civil Divisions (Florida) (pages 297-333)
  e.g., Orange County's 25 precincts in 1910 included: South Orlando, Orlando, Maitland, Eatonville, Lake Maitland, East Sanford, Goldsboro, Sanford, Paola, Oviedo, Geneva, Chuluota, Gabriella, Longwood, Ocoee, Apopka, Zellwood, Bay Ridge, Oakland, Gotha, Pine Castle, Conway, Christmas, Winter Park, Lake Mary, Lockhart, Winter Garden, North Orlando, West Sanford

1900 Census

• Minor Civil Divisions (Florida) (pages 91-96)
  e.g., Orange County's 19 precincts in 1900 included: Orlando, Eatonville, Lake Maitland, Goldsboro, Sanford, Paola, Oviedo, Geneva, Chuluota, Gabriella, Longwood, Ocoee, Apopka, Zellwood, Bay Ridge, Oakland, Gotha, Pine Castle, Conway, Fort Christmas, Winter Park

1890 Census

• Minor Civil Divisions (Florida) (pages 83-87)
  e.g., Orange County's 12 precincts in 1890 included: Orlando, Winter Park, Longwood, Sanford, Fort Reed, Apopka

1880 Census

• Civil Divisions Less Than Counties (Florida) (pages 117-120)
  e.g., Orange County had 4 unnamed precincts in 1880 and was not published by precinct in 1870

Earlier Census Reports

Earlier Data - United States (including Florida)

Religious Affiliation is not identified in the decennial census.  The Association of Religion Data Archives provides some county-level data from national studies conducted in 1952, 1971, 1980, 1990, and 2000.  Print versions from the 1990 and 2000 surveys are available in the UCF Library:

• Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990: an Enumeration by Region, State, and County, Based on Data Reported for 133 Church Groupings [REF BR526.C48 1992]
• Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000: an Enumeration by Region, State, and County, Based on Data Reported for 149 Religious Bodies [REF BL2525.R4689 2000]
• See also the New Historical Atlas of Religion in America [REF G1201.E4.N4 2001].

• 1878-current - pdf files for most annual volumes are available online.
• 1878-1905 - provides access to individual tables
• 1878-1969 in CIS U.S. Serial Set (microfiche)
• 1940-1970 [Microfiche AC1.P25 no.573-582]
• Paper editions: 1878-1902, 1949, 1951-52, 1954-58, 1960, 1962-63, 1966, 1968-
  Latest five years [REF HA 202]; earlier editions [HA 202]
• Paper editions: 1975-81, 1985- ; CD-ROM editions, 1993-
  [US DOCS C3.134: and US DOCS C3.134/7:]

• Alabama 1838,1840,1844
• Arkansas 1854
• D.C.1803,1810-1830,1867,1878,1885,1888,1894,1897,1905-1909,1912,1913,1915,1919
• Georgia 1824,1831
• Louisiana 1803-1812,1853,1858
• Mississippi 1816,1840,1880
• South Carolina 1868,1875
• Tennessee 1805,1812,1819,1826,1833

• Enumeration reports from the decennial censuses:
  • 1790 [HA201 1790.C45 1976]
  • 1800 [Oversize HA201 1800.A]
  • 1810 [Oversize HA201 1810]
  • 1820 [Oversize HA201 1820.B1-1]
  • 1830 [Oversize HA201 1830.C45 1832]
  • 1840 [Oversize HA201 1840.B1]
  • 1850 [HA201 1850.D]
• 1810 A Statement of the Arts & Manufactures of the U.S. [HA201 1810.B2]
• 1818 Statistical Annals Embracing Views of the Population, Commerce, Navigation, Fisheries, Public Lands, Post-Office Establishment, Revenues, Mint, Military and Naval Establishments, Expenditures, Public Debt and Sinking Fund, of the United States of America Founded on Official Documents Commencing on the 4th of March 1789 and Ending on the 20th of April 1818 [REF HA215.S5 1969].
• 1830 Abstract of the Returns of the Fifth Census [HA201 1830.D2]
• 1840 Compendium of the enumeration of the inhabitants and statistics of the U.S.
  [Oversize HA201 1840.C6]
• 1850 Statistical View of the U.S., etc. [HA201 1850.C45]
• 1850 Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the U.S. [HA201 1850.B2]
• 1850 Abstract of the Statistics of Manufactures [HA201 1850.B3]
• 1920 Abstract of the Fourteenth Census [US DOCS C3.28/7:920]

See also the entry for the Orlando Public Library holdings below.

These three volumes identify where to find specific population information within the pages of various census publications.

Earlier Data - Foreign & International

International Historical Statistics:

the Americas [REF HA175 .M55 1998]

Africa, Asia & Oceania [REF HA4675 .M55 1998]

Europe [REF HA1107 .M5 1998]