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GIS processing: Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Documentation: Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources,
M. Joselyn, D. Nelson and S. Beaverson
Quality Control: Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Attribute items are in typical ARC/INFO feature class format.
Those items requiring additional explanation are:
Point attributes:
FIPS_PLACE - FIPS code for each census designated place or
incorporated area. A CDP comprises densely
settled concentrations of population that are
identifiable by name, but not be legally
incorporated.
from FIPS Publication 55.
LRN -
NAME - Name of the municipality.
from Census of Population and Housing, 1990:
Public Law 94-171. Data on CD-ROM:
U.S. Bureau of the Census.
TYPE - See DOMAIN. General indication of size.
from Census of Population and Housing, 1990:
Public Law 94-171. Data on CD-ROM:
U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Domain: roughly based on population differences
<blank> - not an incorporated area
(internal islands)
city - city
town - town
village - village
CDP - Census Designated Place
no census - Added independent of the census data
TOTALPOP - Total 1990 census population within a census block.
MALE - The number of people who identified themselves
as being 'male'.
FEMALE - The number of people who identified themselves
as being 'female'.
WHITE - The number of people who identified their race
as 'white'.
AFRICAN_AMER - The number of people who identified their race
as 'black'.
NATIVE_AMER - The number of people who identified themselves
as American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut
ASIAN_PACIFIC - The number of people who identified themselves
as Asian or within one of the Asian Pacific
Island groups.
OTHER - Number of people not included in any of the
defined race categories.
HOUSING_UNITS - Total housing units. A housing unit includes a
house, apartment, a mobile home, trailer, a group
of rooms of a single room.
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