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U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 2000: Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_USCG_SF1MSA
Summary
Abstract:
U.S. Population Grids (Summary File 1), 2000: Metropolitan Statistical Areas contain grids of demographic and socioeconomic data from the year 2000 U.S. census in ASCII and geotiff formats for 50 metropolitan statistical areas with at least one million in population. The grids have a resolution of 7.5 arc-seconds (0.002075 decimal degrees), or approximately 250 square meters. The gridded variables ...
 Purpose: To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of age, race, ethnicity, and housing, for metropolitan statistical areas at a finer resolution than is available in the 30 arc-second grids used for the United States as a whole.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Seirup, L., and G. Yetman
Dataset Title:
U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 2000: Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Dataset Release Date:
2006-05-31
Dataset Release Place:
Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher:
NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version:
1.00
Data Presentation Form:
raster, map
Online Resource:
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/usgrid-summary-file1-2000...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
2000-01-01
Stop Date:
2000-01-01
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
0.002075 Decimal degrees
Longitude Resolution: 0.002075 Decimal degrees Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Project
Quality
1. The 2000 SF1 files for each state are loaded into Microsoft
Access and queries are used to extract the records pertaining to census blocks and the fields being used for gridding. 2. The SF1 fields are ...
Access Constraints
None
Use Constraints
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York hold the copyright
of this dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from CIESIN. Users should acknowledge CIESIN as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. CIESIN also requests reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts. Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
Online
Distribution Size:
5.2 MB
Fees:
No fees
Personnel
Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
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