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United States Census Tracts, 2010
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- Originator
- Economic and Social Research Institute (Reston, Va.)
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Title
- United States Census Tracts, 2010
- Edition
- 10
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data Maps
- Issue Identification
- 10 - World, Europe, and United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2010_us_tracts.zip
- Abstract
- United States Census Tracts is a polygon theme representing the U.S. Census tracts of the United States in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Attribute information includes a variety of variables from the 2000 U.S. Census. This dataset is a part of the 2010 ESRI Data Maps collection.
- Purpose
- United States Census Tracts provides boundaries and demographic information for the U.S. Census tracts. The boundaries are consistent with the county, state, and block group data sets.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:50,000. This dataset comes with two ESRI layer files symbolizing the features.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2010
- Bounding Box
- West
- -179.147340
- East
- 179.778465
- North
- 71.390482
- South
- 17.881242
- Theme Keyword
- polygon
- census tracts
- demographics
- population
- households
- boundaries
- society
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- society
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Puerto Rico
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2010
- 2000
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- For current Columbia affiliates only.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- ESRI
- Delivery Point
- 380 New York Street
- City
- Redlands
- State
- California
- Postal Code
- 92373-8100
- Contact Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using either tools in ArcGIS or ESRI SDC Data Development Kit Professional 2 (DDKP2). The SDC data set is then imported into a file geodatabase to verify and validate the geometry.
- Completeness Report
- After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Horizontal positional accuracy is dependent on geographic area. In most areas, accuracy is between 5 and 25 meters (16 and 82 feet). In some areas, accuracy is off by up to several tens of meters (100 feet or more). In the poorest areas, accuracy is off by up to 100 meters (328 feet).
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- Publication Date
- 201003
- Title
- Tele Atlas MultiNet Administrative Areas, 2010
- Edition
- Version 2010.03
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Tele Atlas MultiNet North America
- Issue Identification
- Version 2010.03
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
- Publisher
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.teleatlas.com/
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 201003
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- Source
- Originator
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- Publication Date
- 2001
- Title
- Summary File 1 (SF1)
- Edition
- 2000
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Summary File 1 (SF1)
- Issue Identification
- 2000
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- USA
- Publisher
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- Other Citation Details
- The Summary File 1 (SF1) data is based on the 2000 Census of Population.
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2000
- Source Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Contribution
- Attribute data
- Source
- Originator
- ESRI
- Publication Date
- 20100504
- Title
- ESRI Data - Updated Demographics, 2010
- Edition
- 2010
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- tabular digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ESRI Data - Updated Demographics
- Issue Identification
- 2010
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Other Citation Details
- Provides the POP2010 attribute.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com
- Type of Source Media
- DVD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 20100504
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- G-polygon
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS_1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257224
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- ESRI_2010_us_tracts
- Entity Type Definition
- The polygons represent the U.S. Census tracts within the United States. Tract - a small, relatively permanent statistical subdivision of a county or statistically equivalent entity, delineated for data presentation purposes by a local group of census data users or the geographic staff of a regional census center in accordance with Census Bureau guidelines. Designed to be relatively homogeneous units with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions at the time they are established, census tracts generally contain between 1,000 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. Census tract boundaries are delineated with the intention of being stable over many decades, so they generally follow relatively permanent visible features. However, they may follow governmental unit boundaries and other invisible features in some instances; the boundary of a state or county (or statistically equivalent entity) is always a census tract boundary.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- Attributes
- ObjectID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- STATE_FIPS
- The FIPS code (two-digit number) for the state in which the tract is located. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- CNTY_FIPS
- The FIPS code (three-digit number) for the county in which the tract is located. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- STCOFIPS
- The combined state and county FIPS code. County FIPS codes begin with 001 for each state; use the combined code (five-digit number) to uniquely identify a county. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- TRACT
- The four-digit number, with a two-digit suffix, used to identify a census tract. Census tract numbers are always unique within a county and usually unique within a metropolitan area. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- FIPS
- The combined state and county FIPS code, and tract number. The combined code (eleven-digit number) provides a unique tract identifier. (Federal Information Processing StandardsNational Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce
- POP2000
- The 2000 population of the tract. (Populations for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- POP00_SQMI
- The 2000 population of the tract per square mile. (Calculated populations per square mile for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau; ESRI
- POP2010
- The 2010 estimated population of the tract. (Populations for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- POP10_SQMI
- The 2010 estimated population of the tract per square mile. (Calculated populations per square mile for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- WHITE
- The number of people identified as White alone in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- BLACK
- The number of people identified as Black or African American alone in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AMERI_ES
- The number of people identified as American Indian or Alaska Native alone in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- ASIAN
- The number of people identified as Asian alone in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- HAWN_PI
- The number of people identified as Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- OTHER
- The number of people identified as some other race alone in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MULT_RACE
- The number of people identified as two or more races in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- HISPANIC
- The number of people identified as Hispanic or Latino in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MALES
- The number of males in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- FEMALES
- The number of females in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_UNDER5
- The number of people 0 to 4 years of age in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_5_17
- The number of people 5 to 17 years of age in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_18_21
- The number of people 18 to 21 years of age in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_22_29
- The number of people 22 to 29 years of age in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_30_39
- The number of people 30 to 39 years of age in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_40_49
- The number of people 40 to 49 years of age in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_50_64
- The number of people 50 to 64 years of age in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AGE_65_UP
- The number of people 65 years of age and over in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MED_AGE
- The median age for both sexes in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MED_AGE_M
- The median age for males in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MED_AGE_F
- The median age for females in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- HOUSEHOLDS
- The total number of households in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AVE_HH_SZ
- The average household size in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- HSEHLD_1_M
- The number of one-person male households in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- HSEHLD_1_F
- The number of one-person female households in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MARHH_CHD
- The number of family households with a married couple and related children under 18 years in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MARHH_NO_C
- The number of family households with a married couple and no related children under 18 years in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- MHH_CHILD
- The number of family households with a man and related children under 18 years but no wife in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- FHH_CHILD
- The number of family households with a woman and related children under 18 years but no husband in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- FAMILIES
- The number of families in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- AVE_FAM_SZ
- The average family size in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- HSE_UNITS
- The total number of housing units in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- VACANT
- The number of housing units that are vacant in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- OWNER_OCC
- The number of housing units that are occupied by the owner in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- RENTER_OCC
- The number of housing units that are occupied by renters in 2000. (Numbers for the features. A -99 value means no data.)
- Definition Source
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
- SQMI
- The area of the tract in square miles. (Calculated areas for the features.)
- Definition Source
- Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- ESRI; ESRI Offices
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20110729
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
- Contact Person
- GIS/Metadata Librarian
- Contact Address
- Address
- 420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
- City
- New York
- State or Province
- NY
- Postal Code
- 10027
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212) 854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
