U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 3), 2000: Metropolitan Statistical Areas

Summary

Abstract: U.S. Population Grids (Summary File 3), 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 income, education, 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.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Link: GET RELATED VISUALIZATION

Description: Maps in PDF and PNG formats.

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 47.0

S: 17.0

E: -65.0

W: -124.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Seirup, L., and G. Yetman

Dataset Title: U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 3), 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-file3-2000...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-04-01

Stop Date: 2000-04-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO > Arecibo

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION > POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION > POPULATION SIZE

ISO Topic Category

BOUNDARIES

SOCIETY

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

USCG > U.S. Census Grids

Quality 1. The 2000 SF3 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 SF3 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

CIESIN > Economic Activity > Income

CIESIN > Human Attitudes, Preferences, and Behavior > Consumer Behavior > Poverty

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

SEDAC

Data Center

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_USCG_SF3MSA

Data Center Personnel
Name: SEDAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 845-365-8920 Fax: +1 845-365-8922 Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ONLINE HTTP

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: 0

Personnel

SEDAC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 845-365-8920

Fax: +1 845-365-8922

Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu

Contact Address:

61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000

City: Palisades

Province or State: NY

Postal Code: 10964

Country: USA

CIESIN METADATA ADMINISTRATION

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +1 845-365-8988

Fax: +1 845-365-8922

Email: metadata at ciesin.columbia.edu

Contact Address:

61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000

City: Palisades

Province or State: New York

Postal Code: 10964

Country: USA

Publications/References

Seirup, L., and G. Yetman (20060531), U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 2000, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/usgrid-summary-file1-2000