When inference is desired regarding some attribute of a particular geographic region, it often happens that data
are not directly available for that region. However, it may be that data are available over the same general
area, but reported according to a different set of regional boundaries. Recently, powerful computer programs
called geographic information systems (GIS’s) have enabled the simultaneous display of such “misaligned”
data sets. Today, there is a huge amount of data gathered about census and its analysis is not critically done
well to bring out some basic and important attributes of the census data. This is usually due to non-availability
of the required tools in carrying out that and doing that manually is very cumbersome and tedious. In order to
take care of these lapses have necessitated this research work on the utilization of GIS in demographic analysis
of census data in Awka metropolis in Anambra state, Nigeria This work focuses on census data from two most
recent consecutive censuses conducted between 1991 and 2006. In Anambra state Nigeria, there is always a
problem of census enumeration because tools that would help to get actual figures which will help government
and individuals in tactful and strategic planning .This software geographic information system (GIS) would help
to solve the disturbing problem. The population density map was developed using dot density where each dot
represents a population. The output of this is a functional geo-spatial distribution of a population in Awka
metropolis.