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Census 2020: Blocks for San Francisco

Metadata Updated: March 29, 2025

A. SUMMARY Census blocks, the smallest geographic area for which the Bureau of the Census collects and tabulates decennial census data, are formed by streets, roads, railroads, streams and other bodies of water, other visible physical and cultural features, and the legal boundaries shown on Census Bureau maps. More information on the census tracts can be found here.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED The boundaries are uploaded from TIGER/Line shapefiles provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

C. UPDATE PROCESS This dataset is static. Changes to the census blocks are tracked in multiple datasets. See here for 2000 and 2010 census tract boundaries.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET This boundary file can be joined to other census datasets on GEOID. Column descriptions can be found on in the technical documentation included on the census.gov website

E. RELATED DATASETS Census 2020: Census Tracts for San Francisco Analysis Neighborhoods - 2020 census tracts assigned to neighborhoods Census 2020: Blocks for San Francisco Clipped to SF Shoreline Census 2020: Blocks Groups for San Francisco Census 2020: Blocks Groups for San Francisco Clipped to SF Shoreline

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date September 9, 2022
Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from SFO JSON

Additional Metadata

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Metadata Created Date September 9, 2022
Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025
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Data First Published 2022-07-25
Data Last Modified 2024-11-08
Category Geographic Locations and Boundaries
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