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    • U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 1990

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    The U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 1990 data set contains grids of demographic and socioeconomic data from the year 1990 U.S. census in ASCII and geotiff formats. 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 1990 TIGER/Line Files and census variables (population, households, and housing variables). This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4B85623
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H40Z716C

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 30, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Sample browse graphic of the data set.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 30, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1000000180-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2013-05-17
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2013-05-17
    Category USCG, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Seirup, L., G. Yetman, and L. Razafindrazay. 2013-05-17. U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 1990. Version 1.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TB14TN. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TB14TN.
    Creator Seirup, L., G. Yetman, and L. Razafindrazay
    Graphic Preview Description Sample browse graphic of the data set.
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/usgrid/usgrid-summary-file1-1990/sedac-logo.jpg
    Harvest Object Id dcd3b23c-0de8-45ba-9b67-c3ac8b3bfa9a
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TB14TN
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 17.0 -65.0 72.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4B85623, https://doi.org/10.7927/H40Z716C
    Release Place Palisades, NY
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash dcaa58753cfceb63c6452c7f2e365c0fb008c38b4569ac0763112b30c66b6181
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1990-04-01T00:00:00Z/1990-04-01T00:00:00Z

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