User Guide

Webinars

• Accessing NHGIS Data in R - March 5, 2024
• An Overview of IPUMS NHGIS: Geographic U.S. Census Data from 1790 to the Present - May 19, 2022
• NHGIS Time Series Tables: Geographic Census Data Harmonized Across Time - November 20, 2019
• Intro to IPUMS NHGIS: Geographic U.S. Census Data from 1790 to the Present - November 9, 2018

Downloadable Guides

• How to Use the NHGIS Data Finder (PDF)
  • This guide walks through the process of finding, selecting, and downloading NHGIS data through the NHGIS Data Finder
• IPUMS Data Training Exercises
  • This page includes links to four NHGIS Data Training Exercises: two that walk through how to request NHGIS data tables and analyze them in Excel, and two that walk through how to access NHGIS data through R

Resources for Developers

• The ipumsr package facilitates using IPUMS data, including NHGIS data, in R.
• The ipumspy package facilitates using IPUMS data, including NHGIS data, in Python.
• The IPUMS Developer Portal explains how to access the NHGIS API with examples in curl.

Mapping Options

Video Tutorials

Note: Some features demonstrated in these videos are now outdated.

1. NHGIS Data Finder (general overview - September 2013)
2. NHGIS Filter Options (March 2015)
3. NHGIS Data Layout Options (October 2014)
4. Join NHGIS Spatial and Census Data (January 2018)

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