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When you want only one source of information about your city or county, turn to County and City Extra This trusted reference compiles information from many sources to provide all the key demographic and economic data for every state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district, and for all cities in the United States with a 2000 population of 25,000 or more. In one volume you can conveniently find data from 1980 to 2008 in easy-to-read tables. No other resource compiles this amount of detailed information into one place. Subjects covered in County and City Extra include: population by age and race government finances income and poverty manufacturing, trade, and services crime housing education immigration and migration labor force and employment agriculture, land, and water New to the 17th edition In addition to updated data, this edition includes new state-level data on the percentage of mortgaged owners and renters spending 30% or more of income on housing expenses, median monthly housing costs, as well as newly released 2007 Census of Agriculture data, including the average value of government payments per farm. The 2009 edition also includes: full-color U.S. maps showing county-level data ranking tables for each geography type on a wide range of subjects easy-to-read data tables glossaries of geographic concepts and codes state maps showing congressional districts and metropolitan areas

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Unique in its coverage...packed with invaluable details. * Library Journal * A convenient compilation of frequently sought local and state data....Information is clearly organized and well presented making the volume useful for reference collections in public, college, and university libraries. * Journal Of Government Information *

Unique in its coverage...packed with invaluable details. Library Journal A convenient compilation of frequently sought local and state data...Information is clearly organized and well presented making the volume useful for reference collections in public, college, and university libraries. Journal Of Government Information

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Deirdre A. Gaquin has been a data use consultant to private organizations, government agencies, and universities for over 25 years. Prior to that, she was Director of Data Access Services at Data Use & Access Laboratories, a pioneer in private sector distribution of federal statistical data. A former President of the Association of Public Data Users, Ms. Gaquin has served on numerous boards, panels, and task forces concerned with federal statistical data and has worked on four decennial censuses. She holds a Master of Urban Planning (MUP) degree from Hunter College. Ms. Gaquin is also an editor of Bernan Press's Congressional District Atlas; The Who, What, and Where of America: Understanding the American Community Survey; Places, Towns and Townships; and The Almanac of American Education.

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