9/9/07- chosen to do the state of Missouri.
~yahoo directory search: regional—US States—Missouri
From there research community, people, history for particular cities, regions, or counties.
It took a few minutes to peruse the US Census WWW site, but I found resident population and located the state of Missouri. Graphs and data popped up. Also checked out the percent growth and redistribution of population, compared the US to Missouri alone, which didn’t have a high amount of redistribution or percent growth, except a small region in the southeast. Further searching found all kinds of statistical data reports on Missouri alone, not all the states together. The site is helpful and set-up fairly well, not difficult at all.
The keyword searches I found to be much easier and straightforward, as well as providing more options for the info which I was attempting to find. I checked a few different websites before I found exactly what I was looking for, at the Missouri State Census data page. This site provides information just on the state of Missouri, there is no searching for the correct info then finding the state.
Although the Yahoo Directory site was helpful and not hard to search, I definitely preferred using Google as a keyword search. Google was much easier and straightforward, or I might just prefer because I have used it so often and have never done a search through a directory. It might take some time to get used to it, but as for now I prefer keyword searches.
Data Found:
Total Population, Land Area (Sq. Miles) and Population Density, 1900-2000
http://mcdc.missouri.edu/trends/historical.shtml
Population Estimates for Missouri, April 1,2000 and July 1, 2005
http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/pu/webrepts/casrh05/mor2cbsa.pdf
*Note*-still looking for 2006 data
US Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/table-16.pdf
Population of each city and other facts: http://www.city-data.com/city/Branson-Missouri.html
Projections for future populations in Missouri: http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_missouri_census
Extras:
The website http://www.naco.org has each state with all the counties listed plus the population in those counties as of 2000. More information on the counties could be useful for population. (This information may also be found under the Yahoo Directory research).
The transportation system in Missouri is split into different regions, these regions along with the counties will be good use on the population map. http://www.modot.org/
Detailed history of all highways/interstates running through Missouri can be found at http://www.cosmos-monitor.com/road/mo
State attractions and landmarks: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108234.html
Relate gas prices to population: http://www.missourigasprices.com/
