Tool Name	American FactFinder
Author	United States Bureau of the Census
Use It Because	You can use American FactFinder to find statistics about population, housing, industry and business. Choose What's in American FactFinder for a chart of its contents.
What is it?	Searchable Database (Internet)
What does it give you?	Tables, Maps, Downloadable Files
Format	Web Site
Accessed Data	Aggregate/Summary Data & Microdata
Data Documentation	Cenus Data Information
Data Doc. Contents	full data dictionary, methodology, glossary
Program Help	FactFinder Help; Important Browser Notes
User Can	View, Print & Download
Supported Table Modifications	Restrict any combination & create new columns
...Analysis?	No
...Aggregation?	No
Export Formats	text
Best Feature(s)	The Start with Basic Facts section. There's a wide range of pre-made tables available and the user can find out with one click whether the information will be available at the desired geographic level. This section will also produce maps just as easily.
	The Street Address Finder. After entering an address, the user is given a list of all the geographic entities that contain the address, such as Census Tract, Block, Voting District and Congressional District. Choose the geographic entity of interest, click the GO button and receive a table of data about and/or a map of the entity
Important Browser Notes	AFF does NOT work at all in Netscape 6. Feature(s) only available in Internet Explorer: Always-in-view Table Headers Known Bugs: If you download multiple files in the same session, the later files may have a new name, but contain content from a previous download. Use "save as" function on browser and save as text (*.txt) file or choose .lst option on download screen in AFF.