This manual is designed to give the undergraduate an overview of the data collected by the Bureau of the Census and to provide students with some practice in utilizing these statistics. It emphasizes statistics on population and housing including socioeconomic characteristics of persons, families, households, neighborhoods, and governments. The other statistical programs of the Census Bureau are described very briefly. The first chapter contains an introduction to the nature of the data gathered by the Census Bureau, the guidelines of the Bureau, and its estimates of error. The second chapter describes the major censuses and other surveys conducted by the Bureau. Chapters three, four, and five provide illustrations of the uses of Census materials in undergraduate research. Specifically, chapter three is an introduction to simple techniques for the analysis of data. Chapters four and five are designed to give the student practice in using the techniques of chapter three through the use of case studies. (Author/JR)