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U.S. Population Grids (Summary File 3): Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, alpha (2000)

Purpose:
To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of income, poverty, education, and housing age, for Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Abstract:
U.S. Population Grids (Summary File 3), 2000: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Alpha Version contain an ARC/INFO Workspace with grids of demographic data from the year 2000 census. The grids have a resolution of 30 arc-seconds (0.0083 decimal degrees), or approximately 1 square km. The gridded variables are based on census block geography from Census 2000 TIGER/Line Files and census variables (income, poverty, education, housing age). This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Recommended Citation(s)*:

Seirup, L., and G. Yetman. 2005. U.S. Population Grids (Summary File 3), 2000: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Alpha Version. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://dx.doi.org/10.7927/H4KS6PHF. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR.

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