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U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 3), 1990

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

The U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 3), 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/H42R3PMN

Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Graphic Preview

Sample browse graphic of the data set.

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher SEDAC
Maintainer
Identifier C1000000181-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 3), 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/H4JS9NC2. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JS9NC2.
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-file3-1990/sedac-logo.jpg
Harvest Object Id 520d4365-4710-4ac3-9cc8-aa4c04798c5f
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4JS9NC2
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -180.0 17.0 -65.0 72.0
Program Code 026:001
Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H42R3PMN
Release Place Palisades, NY
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash b3a35d72211e682c751d587e4c18c15fe7f1131818ead7c14d240575532e5b28
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1990-04-01T00:00:00Z/1990-04-01T00:00:00Z

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