{
  "id": "2001-mayjune-census-2000-heavy-lifting-ahead",
  "slug": "2001-mayjune-census-2000-heavy-lifting-ahead",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2001-mayjune-census-2000-heavy-lifting-ahead.html",
  "year": 2001,
  "month": "May/June",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "CENSUS 2000 Heavy lifting ahead",
  "kicker": "CENSUS 2000",
  "author_name": "Richard O'Reilly",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "Los Angeles Times",
  "summary": "The Census 2000 data release presents increasing complexity for journalists using computer-assisted reporting, with upcoming Summary File 1 containing vastly more variables and detailed information than the initial PL94-171 data.",
  "keywords": [
    "Census",
    "data",
    "journalism"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Demographics & Census",
    "Data & Databases",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "The first wave of data from Census 2000 has washed ashore, providing some with an exhilarating ride surfing the leading edge of computer-assisted reporting It may have been more terrifying than thrilling for others, however.\n\nWhichever situation you identify with, upcoming data releases will be much, much more challenging.\n\nThe data dictionary for PL94-171's four tables of race and race and Latino/Hispanic ethnicity was 10 pages long. For Summary File 1 coming this summer, the preliminary description runs 110 pages, and the final detailed listing will be many times that length.\n\nPL94-171 had a total of 288 population count variables, plus the 80 geography variables.\n\nSummary File 1 will have the same 80 geography variables plus 8,132 population and housing count variables. That includes 3,078 variables down to the block level plus another",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2001-mayjune-census-2000-heavy-lifting-ahead.html",
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