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Citing Census Data

APA

Point readers to raw data by providing a Web address (use "Retrieved from") or a general place that houses data sets on the site (use "Available from").

General Format

Author/Rightsholder. (Year). Title of data set (Version number) [Description of form]. Retrieved from http://

Author/Rightsholder. (Year). Title of data set (Version number) [Description of form]. Location: Name of producer.

Examples

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2008). Indiana income limits [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.huduser.org/Datasets/IL/IL08/in_fy2008.pdf

United Nations Statistics Division. (2008). Gender Info 2007. [Data file]. Retrieved from http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=GenderStat&f=inID%3a12

Economist Intelligence Unit. (2012). EIU CountryData. [Data file]. London: Economist Intelligence Unit.

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