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Block Group
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Block Group
A location used by the U.S. Census Bureau where approximately 800 to 1,000 people live. As the name indicates, a block group is usually a collection of city blocks. It is a subdivision of a census tract and is the smallest geographical unit for which the Census reports data.


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The research compares the performance of areal interpolation methods using a random national sample of census block groups and nested census blocks.
The census data contained the percentages of residents in block groups by race/ethnicity and a variety of socioeconomic characteristics.
They found that off-premise outlets appeared to be responsible for about one in four simple assaults and one in three aggravated assaults in 302 geographic block groups that encompassed all of Cincinnati.
 
 
 
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