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Census Blocks - 2000

This metadata information is subject to our disclaimer. Metadata information presented here is maintained manually. Therefore date sensitive fields such as feature count and date of last update may not be up-to-date. All metadata is subject to errors inherent in a manual process.


Descriptive nameCensus Blocks - 2000
File namecen2000b
Spatial domainPima County
AbstractRaw 2000 Census Blocks boundaries attributed with population/ethnicity data. Census Blocks are the smallest unit used by the U.S. Census Bureau for demographic tabulation. See more information.
Known errors/qualificationsThe data dictionary for population/ethnicity fields can be found at
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/planning/pl94-171.pdf starting in chapter 7.
Feature typepolygon
Feature count 15,477
Thumbnail cen2000b.pdf PDF file format   (1,368,993 bytes, with 07/22/2009 data)
ProjectionNAD83 HPGN (Parameters)
RectificationTIGER
Field/value metadata Field metadata    Field design change history
Source organizationUS Census Bureau
Source contact
Source document or file name2000 TIGER files
Source date2001
Source scale 1:100,000
Source formatShape
Source path with layer name
(For data as received)
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
2001
Last update by
Date/time last touched
(What does this mean?)
2008-05-15  12:16 PM - Coverage
Lineage
On maintenance?Not required
Maintenance organizationPC DOT GIS Division
Maintenance description
Library write access PC DOT GIS Division
Maintenance format in our libraryCoverage - (Coverage log | files) (Shapefiles listing)
GIS library path to file maintenance format \mars1\az\counties\pima\covers\
Original conversion byUS Census Bureau
PC DOT GIS Division contactSteve Whitney
On Pima County GIS Data FTP Server and PCLAYERS DVD ? Yes - Download
On Main MapGuide map?No
On SDCP MapGuide map?No
On Other MapGuide map?No


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