I refer to Census.gov a lot. Every visit finds some new yet familiar glitch or frustration.
An example: Today I was looking up different metro areas' income stats using
Census Bureau Tables. This was successful (though balky and presented poorly). But then I tried to add national stats to the results. This took away all of the income data, leaving only population data. The criteria were still set to income.
There's never any explanation. Either some setting was wrong or it was a basic glitch. At least the site wasn't down, as it seems to be much too often.
I've complained several times. This used to be a quick form. Now, the "help" pop-up just gives you an email address.
The general answer the next day is "take our seminar."
I think tables should be accessible to the general public, without taking a class. Imagine being able to see a single spreadsheet with income data for all major metros. Or any kind of data, via an easy set of changable criteira.
Am I crazy? For this, not my eternal optimism that someday the Mariners might win a World Series?
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