Census Bureau Geographic Entities and Concepts
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Census Bureau Geographic Entities and Concepts. Why is geography important?. U.S. population, Census 2000 Maryland population, Census 2000 Prince George’s County, MD population Washington, DC metro area Howard County, MD residents who work in Prince George’s County - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Census Bureau
Geographic Entities and Concepts
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Why is geography important?281,421,906
5,296,486
729,628
4,796,183
14,538
90,851
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79.0
U.S. population, Census 2000
Maryland population, Census 2000
Prince George’s County, MD population
Washington, DC metro area
Howard County, MD residents who work in Prince George’s County
Young, single, college educated who moved to DC MSA 1995-2000
Guerra, TX CDP population
U.S. percent urban, Census 2000
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Miami and Vicinity, 1990 and 2000
Miami-Hialeah
Fort Lauderdale
West Palm Beach
Miami
MiamiTotal pop: 3,947,642
Pop: 3,952,501
Pop: 4,919,036
Census 2000 definition
1990 Census definition
Census 2000 criteria applied to 1990 data
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Pink- Block Groups
Green – TAZs
Potential Disclosure Concerns: Traffic Analysis Zones, downtown San Francisco
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Census Geographic Concepts
Legal/Administrative AreasExamples:•States•Counties•Minor civil divisions•Incorporated places•Congressional districts•Legislative areas•School districts
Statistical AreasExamples:•Census county divisions•Census designated places•Census tracts•Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas•Urban areas•Public Use Microdata Areas•Traffic Analysis Zones
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Hierarchy of Census Geographic Entities
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Blocks, Block Groups, and Census Tracts
Maryland
8001.07
8001.05
Marton St
2006
30112002
2001
3000
3005
1011
2004
2013 2010
2000
1002
1004
3000
2999
1008
3012
1000
3013
3007
3002
2010
3001
1003
3012
1006
3008
2011
3006
2005
2021
1017
1016
3010
1012
2003
2020
3010
2019 2016
2003
20143007
2017
3006
1001
2013
2018
1015
3011
2015
3002
3008
1007
2001
2002
2000
30043011
1009
1015
1005
1007
3003
3005
20043003
2012
1016
3010
1013
3004
3006
3001
2009
1001
3008
2005
3009
2015
3003
2007
300930073008
2012
2008
3007'00 Census Tract
'00 Block Group
'00 Block
Boundaries
Features
Street
Maryland
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County Subdivisions
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PlacesIncorporated Places• Legally bounded entity• Referred to as cities, boroughs, towns, or villages, depending on the state
Census Designated Places (CDPs)• Statistical entity• Created to present census data for an area with a concentration of population, housing, and commercial structures that is identifiable by name, but not within an incorporated place• Example: Columbia, MD; Paradise, NV
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Maryland Places
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Paradise, NV CDP
Paradise CDP
Las Vegas
CDP capturing an Economic Center
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Vado CDP & La Mesa, Doña Ana County, NM
La Mesa
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Urban Area Classification: Census 2000
• Urbanized Areas of 50,000 or more people.
• Urban Clusters of 2,500 up to 50,000 people.
• Both defined based on population density at the census block and block group levels.
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Urbanized Areas and Urban Clusters
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Core Based Statistical Area Classification
Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) – refers to both metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas; county-based areas, defined based on commuting patterns
Metropolitan Statistical Area - must have at least one UA
Micropolitan Statistical Area - must have at least one UC of at least 10,000
Metropolitan Division – subdivision of a metropolitan statistical area
Combined Statistical Area – represents a grouping of adjacent CBSAs.
New England City and Town Area – a city- and town-based equivalent to the county-based CBSAs.
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Metropolitan Areas, 1999
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Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, 2003
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Questions?
Geographic area concepts, criteria, codes, and attributes:
Geographic Standards and Criteria Branch: x3-3056
Geographic products:
Geographic Products Management Branch: x3-1128
