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

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Seirup, L., and G. Yetman

Publication_Date: 20060531

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

Edition: 1.00

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster, map

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Palisades, NY

Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/usgrid-summary-file3-2000-msa

Description:

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 are based on census block geography from Census 2000 TIGER/Line Files and census variables (population, households, and housing variables). This dataset is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). The data in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) and Geographic Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF) files and maps in Portable Document (PDF) and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). 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.

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

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

Supplemental_Information:

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

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Seirup, L., and G. Yetman 20060531 U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 3), 2000 Palisades, NY NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/usgrid-summary-file3-2000

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20000401

Ending_Date: 20000401

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.0

Keywords:

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION > POPULATION SIZE

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Theme_Keyword: Ciesin > Human Attitudes, Preferences, And Behavior > Consumer Behavior > Poverty

Theme_Keyword: Ciesin > Human Attitudes, Preferences, And Behavior > Education

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Theme_Keyword: Ciesin > Population Dynamics > Demographic Characteristics > Population Distribution

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Theme_Keyword: Households

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Theme_Keyword: Immigration

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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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

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Contact_Person: SEDAC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000

City: Palisades

State_or_Province: NY

Postal_Code: 10964

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8920

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

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 combined as specified in the variable documentation to create the variables being gridded. 3. The census blocks in a given metropolitan statistical area of more than one million in population are selected. 4. The SF3 block group data are proportionately allocated to the census block using an appropriate variable from the Summary File 1 data. For instance, the residents in the block group with a high school degree are allocated to the block using the population age 25 and older from SF1. 5. The SF3 counts assigned to each census block are joined to the tiger coverages. The density of each variable is calculated for each census block. 6. A 30 arc-second fishnet is created and unioned with the census block coverage. 7. The area in square kilometers is calculated for each area of intersection. The total count for each variable is calculated by multiplying the area in square kilometers in each area of intersection by the density of that variable in the underlying census block. 8. The total count for each grid cell is calculated by aggregating the variable counts for each area of intersection that falls within that grid cell. 9. The fishnet grid for each variable is converted to raster format.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

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Contact_Person: SEDAC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000

City: Palisades

State_or_Province: NY

Postal_Code: 10964

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8920

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu

Resource_Description: CIESIN_SEDAC_USCG_SF3MSA

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

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Online_Option:

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http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Online_Option:

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http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/usgrid-s...

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http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/usgrid-s...

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Maps in PDF and PNG formats.

Fees: 0

Fees: 0

Fees: 0

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060705

Metadata_Review_Date: 20130214

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Contact_Information:

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Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000

City: Palisades

State_or_Province: New York

Postal_Code: 10964

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8988

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922

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Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time