2012 Senate Districts

This page last updated: 02/23/2012
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2012 Senate Districts

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1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information

Section 1	Identification Information			Top of page
Originator	LCC-GIS
Title	2012 Senate Districts
Abstract	This is a polygon data set for the 2010 Senate Districts
Purpose	This database of Senate District Boundaries was developed from U.S. Census Bureau 2010 TIGER/Line files as a result of the most recent redistricting effort.
Time Period of Content Date	2012
Currentness Reference	This file contains the current boundaries.
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	As needed
Spatial Extent of Data	State of Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates	-97.5 -89.0 49.5 43.0
Place Keywords	Minnesota, MN
Theme Keywords	Minnesota Senate Districts MN Senate Districts
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS Office 100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Browse Graphic	View a sample of the data.
Browse Graphic File Description	Statewide view
Associated Data Sets
Section 2	Data Quality Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Attribute Accuracy
Logical Consistency
Completeness	Complete statewide
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Lineage
Source Scale Denominator
Section 3	Spatial Data Organization Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Native Data Set Environment
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data
Spatial Object Type	Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types	arc, polygon
Tiling Scheme	State
Section 4	Spatial Reference Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme	UTM
Ellipsoid	GRS80
Horizontal Datum	NAD83
Horizontal Units	Meters
Distance Resolution
UTM Zone Number	15
Map Projection Name	Transverse Mercator
Section 5	Entity and Attribute Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Entity and Attribute Overview	''DISTRICT'' District Number ''POPULATION'' Population 2010 ''HISPANIC_O'' Hispanic Origin ''NH_WHT'' Non-Hispanic White ''NH_DOJ_BLK'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Black ''NH_DOJ_IND'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Indian ''NH_DOJ_ASN'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Asian ''NH_DOJ_HWN'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Hawaiian ''NH_DOJ_OTH'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Race ''NH_DOJ_OT1'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Multi Race ''F18_POP'' 18+ Population 2010 ''H18_POP'' 18+ Hispanic ''NH18_WHT'' 18+ Non-Hispanic White ''NH18_DOJ_B'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Black ''NH18_DOJ_I'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Indian ''NH18_DOJ_A'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Asian ''NH18_DOJ_H'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Hawaiian ''NH18_DOJ_O'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Race ''DEM_INDEX''Field to calculate Democratic Index ''REP_INDEX''Field to calculate Republican Index ''THIRD_INDE''Field to calculate Third Party Index ''INDEX_VOTE'' Field to calculate Total of all Index Votes ''F_HISPANIC'' Percentage of Hispanic Origin ''F_NH_WHT'' Percentage of Non-Hispanic White ''F_NH_DOJ_BLK'' Percentage of Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Black ''F_NH_DOJ_IND'' Percentage of Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Indian ''F_NH_DOJ_ASN'' Percentage of Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Asian ''F_NH_DOJ_HWN'' Percentage of Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Hawaiian ''F_NH_DOJ_OTH'' Percentage of Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Race ''F_NH_DOJ_OT1'' Percentage of Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Multi Race ''F_H18_POP'' Percentage of 18+ Hispanic ''F_NH18_WHT'' 18+ Non-Hispanic White ''F_NH18_DOJ_B'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Black ''F_NH18_DOJ_I'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Indian ''F_NH18_DOJ_A'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Asian ''F_NH18_DOJ_H'' Percentage of 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Hawaiian ''F_NH18_DOJ_O'' Percentage of 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Race ''COLORING'' Map Coloring Caliper
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation
Section 6	Distribution Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Publisher	LCC-GIS Office
Publication Date	02/21/2012
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur Director LCC-GIS 100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Distributor's Data Set Identifier	S2012
Distribution Liability	The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The GIS Data were developed by the LCC - GIS Office for its own internal business purposes. The LCC - GIS Office does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the GIS Data. You should consult the data documentation for this particular GIS Data to determine the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features. If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, the GIS Data must include a copy of this disclaimer.
Transfer Format Name	Shapefile
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Transfer Size	4,275KB
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Section 7	Metadata Reference Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Metadata Date	02/23/2012
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS 100 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm