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Census Blocks - 2010

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Descriptive nameCensus Blocks - 2010
File namecen2010b
Spatial domainPima County
AbstractRaw 2010 Census Blocks boundaries as supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau. Census Blocks are the smallest unit used by the Census Bureau for demographic tabulation. See more information.
Known errors/qualificationsThe abstract's "more information" link includes the data dictionary for population and ethnicity fields, in chapter 6.

The coverage format for this layer does not contain population and ethnicity fields due to coverage model limitations.
Feature typepolygon
Feature count 19,982
Thumbnail Map cen2010b.pdf PDF file format   (4,177,562 bytes, PDF created 07/19/2022 )
ProjectionNAD83 HPGN (Parameters)
RectificationTIGER
Field/value metadata Field metadata
Source organizationUS Census Bureau
Source contact
Source document or file name2010 TIGER files
Source date2010
Source scale
Source formatShape
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
20151117
Last data update byFelipe Morales
Date/time last touched - Meaning? 2021-05-11  10:41 PM - Enterprise GDB
  2021-05-11  10:42 PM - Shapefile - Library input format
  See coverage files, if any, for date.
Lineage11/17/15- Outside boundary adjusted to match pima_all.
On maintenance?Not required
Maintenance organizationPC ITD GIS
Maintenance description
Original conversion byUS Census Bureau
Pima County ITD GIS contactSteve Whitney
Alternate Pima County ITD GIS contacte-mail address
On  Pima County Geospatial Data Portal? Yes

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