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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 Reporter examined 2000 census data and identified Cook County census block groups as "mixed-income" if less than 40 percent of the households fit within rough equivalents to the CHA's three income categories: less than 30 percent of the area median family income, between 30 and 60 percent and more than 60 percent.
Won't you be my neighbor? Mixed-income neighborhoods sound good in ... by Lydersen, Kari / The Chicago Reporter
The coordinates of two solid waste facilities that could not be visually located were assigned to the centroid coordinates of the census block group that contained the road listed as the facility address.
Race, wealth, and solid waste facilities in North Carolina by Norton, Jennifer M.; Wing, Steve; Lipscomb, Hester J.; Kaufman, Jay S.; Marshall, Stephen W.; Cravey / Environmental Health Perspectives
With geocoded data, BLS is able to provide new economic information such as subcounty estimates, including city, census tract, or census block group for future research.
The geospatial distribution of employment: a new visual asset: by ... by Konigsberg, Sheryl / Monthly Labor Review
 
 
 
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