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Guam Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 155   Population 2000 (UN '000) 155
Area (km2) 546   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 2
Number of Administrative Units 203   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 1
Number of Urban Extents 1   Number of Settlement Points 27

Guam Details

Names
ISO3-Code GUM
Continent Oceania
Country Name Guam
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type County
Level2 Type Tract
Level3 Type Block Group
Number of Units 203
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 1
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 134
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 144
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 155
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 134
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 145
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 155
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 546
Average Input Resolution (km) 2
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 27
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 11,573
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,043
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 3,486
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 1
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 519
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 519
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 519
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 519
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 150,839
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 150,839
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 150,839
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 150,839
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 95%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 97%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 40%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 1
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
US Census SF1 files (census 2000 counts).
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
US Census Bureau Cartographic Boundary files.
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1990 US Census, http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.ht
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
1990 US Census
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Places with 2,500 inhabitants or more and urbanized areas.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990 and 1995 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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