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The 2000 census county statistics are demographic,
social, economic and housing characteristics from Summary File 1 and Summary
File 3. The maps provide data for the United States, the 50 states, the District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The statistics are for a county or statistical
equivalent entity, with the coverage area based on the Census 2002 TIGER/Line
governmental unit boundaries.
Format: vector lines –
Shapefile
Spatial Reference Information: Decimal Degrees, North American
Datum 1983
The demographic data are extracts from Summary File 1 (SF 1) which focus on the
information collected on the census short form – namely on age, sex, race,
Hispanic/Latino origin, households, families, housing units, and owner/renter
status.
The social, economic and housing data are extracts from Summary File 3 (SF 3)
which focus on social, economic and housing characteristics compiled from a sample
of approximately 19 million housing units (about 1 in 6 households) that received
the Census 2000 long-form questionnaire. Topics include income, education,
occupation, ancestry, disability, foreign birth, commuting, household financial arrangements,
year housing structure built and many other population and housing subjects.
The Census 2002 TIGER/Line county map represents a seamless national file with no
overlaps or gaps between parts. However, each county-based TIGER/Line file is
designed to stand alone as an independent data set or the files can be combined
to cover the whole nation. The 2002 TIGER/Line files consist of line segments
representing physical features and governmental and statistical boundaries. The
boundary information in the TIGER/Line files are for statistical data collection
and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical
purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights
of ownership or entitlement.
