New York State Data Center

Information Resources

Reference aids to help identify available statistics resources

Geographic names info./coding - Locate statistical codes for state political and administrative units.

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U.S. Office of Management and Budget Statistical Policy Statements and Regulations

Metropolitan Statistical Areas

• Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas  (253k) (December 27, 2000)

• Final Report and Recommendations From the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas  (85k) (August 22, 2000)

• Recommendations from the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas (735k) (October 20, 1999)

• Alternative Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas (December 21, 1998) PDF version (1,149k) or HTML version of text (163k)

Data on Race and Ethnicity

• Federal Register Notice: Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity  (13k) (January 16, 2001, Volume 66, Number 10, pages 3829-3831)

  • Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity  (204k) (December 15, 2000)

  • Appendix A, Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (13k)

  • Appendix B, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (12k)

  • Appendix C, The Bridge Report: Tabulation Options for Trend Analysis  (215k)

• Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997)

• Recommendations from the Interagency Committee for the Review of the Racial and Ethnic Standards (July 9, 1997) PDF version or HTML version

• Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (August 1995)

The Other Data Resource Links page contains links to the Census Bureau's PDF Publications containing population and economic data for New York State.

Reference aids to help you understand government statistics better

Proceedings from the Data Connection VIII Conference -- Speakers at this conference described current trends in data about the New York City area.