The Census Maps for Spokane County are also at this desk. To view a list of some of the 1990 Census document titles available, try a keyword search in Easy Search in the Spokane Public Library Catalog. If you want statistics for a very small geographic area, the Census is a good place to look. It provides some demographic coverage down to Census Block level. The block level Census data is from the 1990 census.
Many sources provide newer data, but usually only down to census tract level or zipcode level.
The Census Bureau's Homepage is a good place to start for demographics and other statistics. See also the list of subject experts at Ask the Experts . The Census Bureau's 1990 Census Lookup page provides access to data down to Block Group level. The Geographic Areas Reference Manual describes in great detail the basic geographic entities the Census Bureau uses in its various data tabulations and documents the purposes, definitions, standards, criteria, and procedures used to select, define, delineate, and revise these geographic entities. The Census catalog and guide describes data products and other programs and services of the Census Bureau.