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  1. Using a web browser, search for "ipums nhgis" and select the result as shown below or go directly to: https://www.nhgis.org/

  2. Click the Log In button at the top right of the page.

  3. Use your IPUMS NHGIS credentials to log in to IPUMS NHGIS
  4. Once logged in, click the IPUMS NHGIS logo in the top left of the screen to launch home page.
  5. Click the Get Data button located in the center of the screen. 

  6. Under the Apply Filters tree, click Geographic Levels

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  7. In the 'Geographic Levels' pop-up window, click the green circle under CENSUS TRACT and then click SUBMIT

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  8. Under the Apply Filters tree, click Years.
     
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  9. In the 'Years' pop-up window, check the box for 1980 in the Decennial Years column and click SUBMIT.

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  10. Under the Apply Filters tree, click Topics.
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  11. In the 'Topics' pop-up window, click the green circle to the left of Total Population and click SUBMIT.

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  12. Your Apply Filters tree should look like the below image.

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  13. Under the 'Select Data' section, click the Source Tables tab. Click the green circle to the left of the second record for the 1980_STF1 data table.

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  14. Under the 'Select Data' section, click the GIS Files tab. Click the green circle to the left of the first record for 2000 TIGER/Line.

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  15. In 'Data Cart' located in the top right corner of the page, click the Continue button.

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  16. Click Continue again and click Submit. Leave all default settings.
  17. Your data will now be added to a queue and should be available to download in 1-2 minutes. The next step is to download this data and conduct a Tabular Join. This step is more advanced than what 

 

Preparing the Downloaded Data for ArcGIS Pro

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