We've got Census data in Excel from the Census Bureau. We've got a state all mapped out by census tract (using the unprojected boundary files, as they don't provide the projected files). What we don't have is a way to download values from the data files into the census tracts they correspond to. Is there some way to do this that we don't know? Will we have to write a program? [more inside]
posted by deejay jaydee on Mar 6, 2008 - 9 answers

Tips, suggestions, and resources for those starting life anew but have no clue - at the moment anyway - what they're supposed to be doing. [more inside]
posted by divabat on Jan 14, 2006 - 14 answers