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Geographic Areas for Neighborhood-Level Analysis
Using ACS Data
Michael Ratcliffe
Geography Division
US Census Bureau
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Which census geographic areas relate to neighborhoods?
• Block Groups– Subsets of census tracts
– Population range: 600 to 1,200
• Census Tracts– Population range: 1,200 to 8,000; optimum 4,000
• ZIP Code Tabulation Areas– Census block-based representations of ZIP Codes
• Places– Incorporated places
– Census designated places (unincorporated places)
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Data for Small Geographic Areas
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2005-2009 2006-2010 2007-2011
Block Groups 2000 Census 2010 Census 2010 Census
Census Tracts 2000 Census 2010 Census 2010 Census
Incorporated Places
2009 2010 2011
Census Designated Places
2000 Census* 2010 Census 2010 Census*
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
No updates since 2002; not included in data
No updates since 2002; not included in data
2010 Census
* CDP boundaries may be modified as a result of annexations by adjacent incorporated places, or if the community incorporates.
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Places and census tracts, Baltimore city and Baltimore County
Tracts may subdivide places in densely settled areas, but will encompass multiple communities in rural areas.
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Baltimore neighborhoods and tracts
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Neighborhoods and tracts do not always align.
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Block groups, tracts, and neighborhoods
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Starr County, Texas
Current places with colonias and 2010 census designated places
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Colonias defined as CDPs, Starr County, Texas. Colonias are generally smaller than tracts and block groups.
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and Census Tracts
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In DC, census tracts subdivide ZIP codetabulation areas.