Pacific Northwest

American Indians, Blacks, & Asians in Oregon's Work Force, Ted L.Helvoigt, et al. Salem: Oregon Employment Department, Research Section, Workforce Analysis Unit, 2000.

Black Americans: a Statistical Sourcebook, ed. Manthi Nguyen. Palo Alto, CA: Information Publications, 2003 (most recent edition; has published for 14 years). Arranged by census category, this volume is a quick way to collect basic census information comparing Blacks, Whites and All Races.

Black Health: a Review of the Births and Deaths of Black Oregonians, prepared by David Hopkins. Portland: Health Division, Oregon Department of Human Resources [1989?].

Blacks in Oregon: a Statistical and Historical Report, William A. Little and James E. Weiss. Portland: Black Studies Center and Center for Population Research and Census, Portland State University, 1978.

Demographic profile of African immigrants in the lower mainland of BC (Part I). Vancouver, BC: British Columbia Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Immigration and Human Rights, 1998.

Multicultural Health: Mortality Patterns by Race and Ethnicity, Oregon, 1986-1994. Portland: Health Division, Oregon Department of Human Services, Center for Disease Prevention and Epidemiology, Center for Health Statistics, 1997.

The Negro in Oregon; a Survey, by Daniel Grafton Hill [Eugene: University of Oregon, 1932].
A Profile of Immigration to British Columbia Regions and Communities, 1986-1996. Vancouver, BC: British Columbia Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism and Immigration, 1999.

Calvin F. Schmid did groundbreaking census analysis in the Seattle and Washington State areas over several decades. Much of his work focused on minority populations. Some of his studies and compilations include:
Growth and Distribution of Minority Races in Seattle, Washington, Calvin F. Schmid and Wayne W. McVey. Seattle: Seattle Public Schools, 1964.
Nonwhite Races of Washington. Olympia: Washington State Planning and Community Affairs Agency, 1968.
Additional materials such as single sheet maps, charts, graphs, etc. are also in the UW Libraries collections.

A Statistical Study of Urban League Intake between January 1 and March 31, 1950. Seattle: Seattle Urban League, 1950.

A Survey of Community Patterns Related to the Program of the Seattle Urban League. New York:Warren M. Banner, 1954.

National Resources

Black Americans: a Statistical Sourcebook. Palo Alto, CA: Information Publications. Published annually. This compilation of current statistical information first appeared in 1990.

Historical Census Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
University of Virginia has created a very effective system to search federal census material by census year, state and subject. The database can produce simple comparative graphs, etc. and covers 18 census reports, from 1790 to 1960. (For a much more extensive social science statistical archive, see ICPSR below.)

Historical Statistics of Black America; Media to Vital Statistics (2 vol.). New York: Gale Research, 1995. Much of the information presented here has been collected from the U.S. Census tables over the last 200 years. Every table is identified as to source and so leads to additional helpful information and resources. Many geographic categories, etc.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
This resource has become an invaluable piece of the infrastructure of social science research. The huge statistical archive is made available for research and instruction, and the consortium offers training in quantitative methods.

U.S. Census FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
This website allows the researcher to manipulate 2000 census data in a myriad number of ways; build thematic maps, do comparative analyses, construct data sets, etc. Many other federal government websites provide primary data for specific subjects, such as the Center for Disease Control Reproductive Health Information Source (http://gis.cdc.gov/drh/). For expert assistance on government publication material---both print and electronic---contact the University of Washington Government Publications Section at http://www.lib.washington.edu/govpubs/ . This collection is open to the public. It is a depository for the U.S. federal government, Washington State, the United Nations and Canada. Many local municipal and county documents are acquired as well.