Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
- description: The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that are an extract of selected geographic
and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic
Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps
between parts, however, each TIGER/Line File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined
to cover the entire nation. States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In
addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas
(American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents
of States for the purpose of data presentation.<br /><br /> This table contains data on race, age, sex, and marital
status from the American Community Survey 2006-2010 database for states. The American Community Survey (ACS) is a household
survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that currently has an annual sample size of about 3.5 million addresses. ACS estimates
provides communities with the current information they need to plan investments and services. Information from the survey
generates estimates that help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed annually. Each
year the survey produces data that cover the periods of 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year estimates for geographic areas in the United
States and Puerto Rico, ranging from neighborhoods to Congressional districts to the entire nation. This table also has a
companion table (Same table name with MOE Suffix) with the margin of error (MOE) values for each estimated element. MOE is
expressed as a measure value for each estimated element. So a value of 25 and an MOE of 5 means 25 +/- 5 (or statistical certainty
between 20 and 30). There are also special cases of MOE. An MOE of -1 means the associated estimates do not have a measured
error. An MOE of 0 means that error calculation is not appropriate for the associated value. An MOE of 109 is set whenever
an estimate value is 0. The MOEs of aggregated elements and percentages must be calculated. This process means using standard
error calculations as described in "American Community Survey Multiyear Accuracy of the Data (3-year 2008-2010 and 5-year
2006-2010)". Also, following Census guidelines, aggregated MOEs do not use more than 1 0-element MOE (109) to prevent
over estimation of the error. Due to the complexity of the calculations, some percentage MOEs cannot be calculated (these
are set to null in the summary-level MOE tables).<br /><br /> The name for table 'ACS10POPSTMOE' was
added as a prefix to all field names imported from that table. Be sure to turn off 'Show Field Aliases' to see complete
field names in the Attribute Table of this feature layer. This can be done in the 'Table Options' drop-down menu
in the Attribute Table or with key sequence '[CTRL]+[SHIFT]+N'. Due to database restrictions, the prefix may have
been abbreviated if the field name exceded the maximum allowed characters.; abstract: The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles
and related database files (.dbf) that are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census
Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB).
The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line File is designed
to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. States and equivalent entities
are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation.<br
/><br /> This table contains data on race, age, sex, and marital status from the American Community Survey 2006-2010
database for states. The American Community Survey (ACS) is a household survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that currently
has an annual sample size of about 3.5 million addresses. ACS estimates provides communities with the current information
they need to plan investments and services. Information from the survey generates estimates that help determine how more than
$400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed annually. Each year the survey produces data that cover the periods
of 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year estimates for geographic areas in the United States and Puerto Rico, ranging from neighborhoods
to Congressional districts to the entire nation. This table also has a companion table (Same table name with MOE Suffix) with
the margin of error (MOE) values for each estimated element. MOE is expressed as a measure value for each estimated element.
So a value of 25 and an MOE of 5 means 25 +/- 5 (or statistical certainty between 20 and 30). There are also special cases
of MOE. An MOE of -1 means the associated estimates do not have a measured error. An MOE of 0 means that error calculation
is not appropriate for the associated value. An MOE of 109 is set whenever an estimate value is 0. The MOEs of aggregated
elements and percentages must be calculated. This process means using standard error calculations as described in "American
Community Survey Multiyear Accuracy of the Data (3-year 2008-2010 and 5-year 2006-2010)". Also, following Census guidelines,
aggregated MOEs do not use more than 1 0-element MOE (109) to prevent over estimation of the error. Due to the complexity
of the calculations, some percentage MOEs cannot be calculated (these are set to null in the summary-level MOE tables).<br
/><br /> The name for table 'ACS10POPSTMOE' was added as a prefix to all field names imported from that
table. Be sure to turn off 'Show Field Aliases' to see complete field names in the Attribute Table of this feature
layer. This can be done in the 'Table Options' drop-down menu in the Attribute Table or with key sequence '[CTRL]+[SHIFT]+N'.
Due to database restrictions, the prefix may have been abbreviated if the field name exceded the maximum allowed characters.
Citation
- Title R2 & NE: State Level 2006-2010 ACS Population Summary.
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- creation Date
2018-01-09T15:24:52.973079
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- Linkage for online resource
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- name Dublin Core references URL
- URL: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger
- protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
- link function information
- Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Metadata data stamp:
2018-08-06T22:39:13Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T22:39:13Z
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pointOfContact
- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
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Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:
2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:387b59a6-289b-4826-9912-c703085db847
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)