FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: CENSUS COUNTIES 2000

Geodataset Name:      CENCNT2000
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains 2000 Census Counties as they are defined by
the Bureau of the Census. The data contains selected fields from
the Summary 1 file that includes information on total population,
race, sex, age, and household. Census Counties are subdivisions
of states having fixed boundaries that do not change from one
Census to the next.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   U.S. Census Bureau

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    100,000

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     Source 2000, Automated 2003

GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: cencnt2000.dbf

ITEM NAME         WIDTH        TYPE          PRECISION 

SHAPE               8          SHAPEPOLY         0                    
ID                  8          DECIMAL           0                   
FIPSSTCO            5          CHARACTER         0                    
TRT2000             6          CHARACTER         0                    
STFID              11          CHARACTER         0                   
Tractid            10          CHARACTER         0                   
OID_                9          DECIMAL           0                    
STATE               2          CHARACTER         0         
COUNTY              3          CHARACTER         0                    
TRACT               6          CHARACTER         0         
STFID_1            11          CHARACTER         0                    
POP2000             9          DECIMAL           0         
WHITE               9          DECIMAL           0         
BLACK               9          DECIMAL           0                    
AMERI_ES            9          DECIMAL           0         
ASIAN               9          DECIMAL           0                    
HAWN_PI             9          DECIMAL           0         
OTHER               9          DECIMAL           0         
MULT_RACE           9          DECIMAL           0         
HISPANIC            9          DECIMAL           0                    
MALES               9          DECIMAL           0                     
FEMALES             9          DECIMAL           0                     
AGE_UNDER5          9          DECIMAL           0                     
AGE_5_17            9          DECIMAL           0                    
AGE_18_21           9          DECIMAL           0                     
AGE_22_29           9          DECIMAL           0                     
AGE_30_39           9          DECIMAL           0                     
AGE_40_49           9          DECIMAL           0                     
AGE_50_64           9          DECIMAL           0                     
AGE_65_UP           9          DECIMAL           0                    
MED_AGE            10          DECIMAL           1                   
MED_AGE_M          10          DECIMAL           1                    
MED_AGE_F          10          DECIMAL           1                    
HOUSEHOLDS          9          DECIMAL           0                     
AVE_HH_SZ          11          DECIMAL           2                   
HSEHLD_1_M          9          DECIMAL           0                     
HSEHLD_1_F          9          DECIMAL           0                     
MARHH_CHD           9          DECIMAL           0                     
MARHH_NO_C          9          DECIMAL           0                     
MHH_CHILD           9          DECIMAL           0                    
FHH_CHILD           9          DECIMAL           0                     
FAMILIES            9          DECIMAL           0                     
AVE_FAM_SZ         11          DECIMAL           2                    
HSE_UNITS           9          DECIMAL           0                     
URBAN               9          DECIMAL           0                     
RURAL               9          DECIMAL           0                     
VACANT              9          DECIMAL           0                     
OWNER_OCC           9          DECIMAL           0                     
RENTER_OCC          9          DECIMAL           0         

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM                 ITEM DESCRIPTION    

SHAPE                Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
                     which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
           
ID                   Internal Id
                   
FIPSSTCO             State + County FIPS
    
TRT2000              Tract
      
STFID                State + County + Tract + Block FIPS

Tractid              Tract

OID_                 Internal ID number
             
STATE                State (FIPS)            

COUNTY               County FIPS code

TRACT                Census Tract
             
STFID_1              State + County + Tract + Block FIPS

POP2000              Population Count     

WHITE                White alone 

BLACK                Black or african american alone

AMERI_ES             American indian and alaska native alone   

ASIAN                Asian alone 

HAWN_PI              Native hawaiian and other pacific islander alone 

OTHER                Some other race alone 

MULT_RACE            2 or more races

HISPANIC             People who are hispanic or latino 

MALES                Males

FEMALES              Females 

AGE_UNDER5           Male and female under 5 yrs 

AGE_5_17             Male and female 5 to 17 yrs       

AGE_18_21            Male and female 18 to 21 yrs 

AGE_22_29            Male and female 22 to 29 yrs 

AGE_30_39            Male and female 30 to 39 yrs 

AGE_40_49            Male and female 40 to 49 yrs 

AGE_50_64            Male and female 50 to 64 yrs 

AGE_65_UP            Male and female 65 yrs and over       

MED_AGE              Median age both sexes 

MED_AGE_M            Median age males 

MED_AGE_F            Median age females         

HOUSEHOLDS           Households     

AVE_HH_SZ            Average household size 

HSEHLD_1_M           1-person household male householder 

HSEHLD_1_F           1-person household female householder 

MARHH_CHD            Family households married-couple family w/ own children 
                     under 18 yrs   

MARHH_NO_C           Family households married-couple family no own children under 
                     18 yrs    

MHH_CHILD            Family households other family male householder no wife
                     present w/ own children under 18 yrs 

FHH_CHILD            Family households other family female householder no husband 
                     present w/ own children under 18 yrs 

FAMILIES             Families 

AVE_FAM_SZ           Average family size 

HSE_UNITS            Housing units 

URBAN                Housing units urban 

RURAL                Housing units rural 

VACANT               Housing units vacant 

OWNER_OCC            Housing units owner occupied 

RENTER_OCC           Housing units renter occupied 

USER NOTES:

A Each county and statistically equivalent entity is assigned a three-digit 
Federal Information Processing Standards code that is unique within state. 
These codes are assigned in alphabetical order of county or county equivalent 
within state, except for the independent cities, which are assigned
codes higher than and following the listing of counties.

note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not
suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure
you are using the best available data.

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county
level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.

1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.

1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered
suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for
projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with
data documentation. For additional information, see the References section
and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more
information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Projected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below).
-Downloaded 2000 SF1 Block Data from ESRI website   
 http://www.esri.com/data/download/census2000_tigerline/index.html
-Joined shapefile with SF1 table

REFERENCES:

U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Data was originally released by US Census Bureau in 2000. Data was downloaded by 
GeoPlan in shapefile format from ESRI 
(http://www.esri.com/data/download/census2000_tigerline/index.html).
When received, data was in Geographic projection, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Decimal 
degrees.  The data was then projected to FGDL Albers HPGN 
(See "Map Projection Parameters" below).
  

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                           ALBERS
Units                                METERS
Datum                                HPGN
Spheroid                             GRS1980
1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
central meridian                    -84   0  0.000
latitude of projection's origin      24   0  0.000 
false easting (meters)               400000.00000
false northing (meters)              0.00000


DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 		U.S. Department of Commerce
                Bureau of the Census	 		
Address: 	8903 Presidential Parkway, WP I
                Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772						
Phone: 		(301) 457-1128	
Fax: 		(301) 457-4710			                 
Email:          tiger@census.gov

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:                http://www.fgdl.org
Contact FGDL:
      Technical Support:                http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
      FGDL Frequently Asked Questions:  http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
      FGDL Mailing Lists:               http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
      For FGDL Software:                http://www.fgdl.org/software.html