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Dataset: geography.dta

Description: Various geographic attributes of census tracts

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Dataset Information

Source ESRI
Geographic Detail Census Tract
Geographic Coverage Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Seattle
Year Coverage N/A
Restrictions None
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Dataset Summary

Data Dictionary
Number of Rows: 2765
Number of Columns: 9
Column # Variable Variable Description Data Type No. Missing Min Value Max Value
1 fips FIPS geography (2000) character 0 NA NA
2 GEO_xcentroid Census Tract centroid x-coordinate numeric 3 -122.475 -81.389
3 GEO_ycentroid Census Tract centroid y-coordinate numeric 3 32.449 47.772
4 GEO_incity Boolean: tract is in city limits numeric 3 0 1
5 GEO_city City ID: Chicago = 1, Cleveland = 2, Dallas = 3, Seattle = 4 numeric 3 1 4
6 GEO_waterfront Boolean: tract borders waterfront numeric 206 0 1
7 GEO_edgeofcity Boolean: tract borders suburbs numeric 3 0 1
8 GEO_cbddist Distance from tract centroid to CBD, in miles numeric 3 0 41.235
9 GEO_tractarea Total area of tract (sqmi) numeric 11 0.02 547.41


Data coverage by Census Tract / Year
Each cell count is the number of observations within the state/county
State ID State County ID County Count (Year Not Applicable)
17 Illinois
17031 Cook 1343
39 Ohio
39035 Cuyahoga 501
48 Texas
48085 Collin 17
48113 Dallas 487
48121 Denton 15
48139 Ellis 8
48257 Kaufman 3
48397 Rockwall 4
48439 Tarrant 14
53 Washington
53033 King 373