Keywords

Theme: block group, economy, census, block, demographics, block groups

Place: Kentucky

Description

Abstract

Census Block Groups

Purpose

Census block information from 2000 U.S. Census

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Status of the data

Complete
Data update frequency: None planned

Time period for which the data is relevant

Date and time: 2000

Description:

ground condition

Publication Information

Who created the data: Kentucky State Data Center, Center for Urban and Economic Research, College of Business and Public Administration, U. of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292

Date and time: Unknown

Publisher and place: Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY

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Data storage and access information

File name: kyblkgrp2000
Type of data: vector digital data

Location of the data:

http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/download/state/kyblkgrp2000.zip

Data processing environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Accessing the data

Size of the data: 12.842 MB
Data transfer size: 0.148 MB

Constraints on accessing and using the data

Access constraints: None

Use constraints:

None

Details about this document

Contents last updated: 20030902 at time 12245200

Who completed this document

Dan Carey
Kentucky Geological Survey
mailing and physical address:

Kentucky Geological Survey

228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY 40506-0107

859-257-5500 (voice)
859-257-1147 (fax)
carey@uky.edu

Standards used to create this document

Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention used in this document: local time
Metadata profiles defining additonal information

ESRI Metadata Profile: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Horizontal coordinate system

Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_StatePlane_Kentucky_FIPS_1600_Feet

Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_North_American_1983

Details

Grid Coordinate System Name: State Plane Coordinate System

SPCS Zone Identifier: 65724376

Lambert Conformal Conic Projection

Standard Parallel: 37.083333
Standard Parallel: 38.666667
Longitude of Central Meridian: -85.750000
Latitude of Projection Origin: 36.333333
False Easting: 4921250.000000
False Northing: 3280833.333333

Planar Coordinate Information

Planar Distance Units: survey feet

Coordinate Encoding Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate Representation

Abscissa Resolution: 0.004096

Ordinate Resolution: 0.004096

Geodetic Model

Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222

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Bounding coordinates

Horizontal

In decimal degrees

West: -89.704676

East: -81.884459

North: 39.151671

South: 36.457037

In projected or local coordinates

Left: 3798864.191510

Right: 6018308.864084

Top: 4307128.318387

Bottom: 3348834.496973

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Spatial data quality

Horizontal positional accuracy

Locations verified personally on map or in field with global positioning

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Spatial data description

Vector data information

ESRI description

kyblkgrp2000

ESRI feature type: Simple
Geometry type: Polygon
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 3157
Spatial Index: TRUE
Linear referencing: FALSE

SDTS description

Feature class: SDTS feature type, feature count

kyblkgrp2000: G-polygon, 3157

Details for Census Block Groups, 2000

Type of object: Feature Class

Number of records: 3157

Attributes

FID

Alias: FID
Data type: OID
Width: 4
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
Definition:

Internal feature number.

Definition Source:

ESRI

Shape

Alias: Shape
Data type: Geometry
Width: 0
Precision: 0
Scale: 0
Definition:

ID

Definition Source:

ESRI

Alias: ID
Data type: Number
Width: 8

FIPSSTCO

Alias: FIPSSTCO
Data type: String
Width: 5

TRACT

Alias: TRACT
Data type: String
Width: 6

GROUP

Alias: GROUP
Data type: String
Width: 1

STFID

Alias: STFID
Data type: String
Width: 12

STATE

Alias: STATE
Data type: String
Width: 2

COUNTY

Alias: COUNTY
Data type: String
Width: 3

BLKGRP

Alias: BLKGRP
Data type: String
Width: 1

POP2000

Alias: POP2000
Data type: Number
Width: 9

WHITE

Alias: WHITE
Data type: Number
Width: 9

BLACK

Alias: BLACK
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AMERI_ES

Alias: AMERI_ES
Data type: Number
Width: 9

ASIAN

Alias: ASIAN
Data type: Number
Width: 9

HAWN_PI

Alias: HAWN_PI
Data type: Number
Width: 9

OTHER

Alias: OTHER
Data type: Number
Width: 9

MULT_RACE

Alias: MULT_RACE
Data type: Number
Width: 9

HISPANIC

Alias: HISPANIC
Data type: Number
Width: 9

MALES

Alias: MALES
Data type: Number
Width: 9

FEMALES

Alias: FEMALES
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_UNDER5

Alias: AGE_UNDER5
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_5_17

Alias: AGE_5_17
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_18_21

Alias: AGE_18_21
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_22_29

Alias: AGE_22_29
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_30_39

Alias: AGE_30_39
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_40_49

Alias: AGE_40_49
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_50_64

Alias: AGE_50_64
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AGE_65_UP

Alias: AGE_65_UP
Data type: Number
Width: 9

MED_AGE

Alias: MED_AGE
Data type: Number
Width: 10
Number of decimals: 1

MED_AGE_M

Alias: MED_AGE_M
Data type: Number
Width: 10
Number of decimals: 1

MED_AGE_F

Alias: MED_AGE_F
Data type: Number
Width: 10
Number of decimals: 1

HOUSEHOLDS

Alias: HOUSEHOLDS
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AVE_HH_SZ

Alias: AVE_HH_SZ
Data type: Number
Width: 11
Number of decimals: 2

HSEHLD_1_M

Alias: HSEHLD_1_M
Data type: Number
Width: 9

HSEHLD_1_F

Alias: HSEHLD_1_F
Data type: Number
Width: 9

MARHH_CHD

Alias: MARHH_CHD
Data type: Number
Width: 9

MARHH_NO_C

Alias: MARHH_NO_C
Data type: Number
Width: 9

MHH_CHILD

Alias: MHH_CHILD
Data type: Number
Width: 9

FHH_CHILD

Alias: FHH_CHILD
Data type: Number
Width: 9

FAMILIES

Alias: FAMILIES
Data type: Number
Width: 9

AVE_FAM_SZ

Alias: AVE_FAM_SZ
Data type: Number
Width: 11
Number of decimals: 2

HSE_UNITS

Alias: HSE_UNITS
Data type: Number
Width: 9

URBAN

Alias: URBAN
Data type: Number
Width: 9

RURAL

Alias: RURAL
Data type: Number
Width: 9

VACANT

Alias: VACANT
Data type: Number
Width: 9

OWNER_OCC

Alias: OWNER_OCC
Data type: Number
Width: 9

RENTER_OCC

Alias: RENTER_OCC
Data type: Number
Width: 9

Census Block Groups, 2000

Shapefile