2000 Census Tracts

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2010 Census Tracts

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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 using Census Bureau TIGER/Line Files
Title	2010 Census Tracts
Abstract	Data displaying 2010 Census Tracts as released by the US Census Bureau for the 2010 census.
Purpose	Area made up of multiple census blocks.
Time Period of Content Date	2010
Currentness Reference	Current as of the 2010 census.
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Spatial Extent of Data	State of Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates	-97.5 -89.0 49.5 43.0
Place Keywords	Minnesota
Theme Keywords	Minnesota Census Tracts Census Tracts Tracts 2010
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS 100 Dr. 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
Associated Data Sets	2000 Census Tract Boundaries
Section 2	Data Quality Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Attribute Accuracy
Logical Consistency
Completeness	Complete as of its release.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Lineage	Derived from the 2010 Census TIGER/Line Files.
Source Scale Denominator
Section 3	Spatial Data Organization Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Native Data Set Environment	Maptitude 4.5
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	''ID'' ''AREA'' ''COLORING'' Map Coloring Caliper ''BLOCK'' 2010 Census Block Specification ''BLOCKGROUP''2010 Block Group Specification ''TRACT'' Census Tract Code, 2010 ''COUNTY'' FIPS County Code, 2010 ''STATE'' State FIPS Code, 2010 ''BLOCK2000'' 2000 Census Block Specification ''MCD'' Minor Civil Division Codes, 2010 ''SUBMCD'' Subbarrio FIPS Code, 2010 ''PLACE'' Place FIPS Code, 2010 ''CONCITY''Consolidated City FIPS Code 2010 ''VTD'' Census Voting District Code, 2010 ''CONGRESS'' Congessional District FIPS Code, 2010 ''LOWERSLD'' House District Codes, 2010 ''UPPERSLD'' Senate District Codes, 2010 ''COUNTYLD'' County Legislative District Code, 2010 ''CITYLD'' City Legislative District Code, 2010 ''INDIAN'' American Indian Reservation/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Homeland FIPS Code, 2010 ''TRUST'' American Indian/Hawaiian Homeland Trust Flag ''TRIBALSUB'' American Indian Tribal Subdivision FIPS Code, 2010 ''ANRC'' Alaska Native Regional Corporation FIPS code, 2010 ''CSA'' Combined Statistical Area Code, 2010 ''CBSA''Core Based Statistical Area Code, 2010 ''CBSADIV'' CBSA Metropolitan Division Code, 2010 ''UA'' Urbanized Area Code Placeholder ''UGA''Urban Growth Area Code, 2010 ''ELEMSCHOOL'' Elementary School District Local Education Agency Code, 2010 ''SECSCHOOL'' Secondary School District Local Education Agency Code, 2010 ''UNIFSCHOOL''Unified School District Local Education Agency Code, 2010 ''ZIP5'' Zip Code Placeholder ''URBANRURAL'' Urban/Rural Indicator ''POP2000'' Population 2000 ''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_20'' 18+ Population 2000 ''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 ''F18_MINORI'' 18+ Minority Population ''BLKD'' Population Density - Black ''ASND'' Population Density - Asian ''INDD'' Population Density - Indian ''HSPD'' Population Density - Hispanic ''BLKCLASS'' Black Population Density Class ''ASNCLASS'' Asian Population Density Class ''INDCLASS'' Indian Population Density Class ''HSPCLASS'' Hispanic Population Density Class ''USSENGP02'' US Senate Green Party 2002 ''USSENIP02''US Senate Independence Party 2002 ''USSENR02''US Senate Republican 2002 ''WELLSTONE'' Senator Wellstone ''USSENDFL02''US Senate Democratic Farmer Labour 2002 ''USSENCP02'' US Senate Constitution Party 2002 ''USSENWI02'' US Senate Write In 2002 ''CONGGP02''US Congress Green Party 2002 ''CONGIP02''US Congress Independence Party 2002 ''CONGR02''US Congress Republican 2002 ''CONGDFL02'' US Congress Democratic Farmer Labour 2002 ''CONGNNT02'' US Congress No New Taxes 2002 ''CONGWI02''US Congress Write In 2002 ''MNSENGP02''MN Senate Green Party 2002 ''MNSENIP02''MN Senate Independence Party 2002 ''MNSENR02''MN Senate Republican 2002 ''MNSENDFL02''MN Senate Demcratic Farmer Labour 2002 ''MNSENCP02''MN Senate Constitution Party 2002 ''MNSENICP02''MN Senate Independent Christian Pro-Life 2002 ''MNSENWI02''MN Senate Write In 2002 ''MNLEGGP02''MN House Green Party 2002 ''MNLEGIP02''MN House Independence Party 2002 ''MNLEGR02''MN House Republican 2002 ''MNLEGDFL02''MN House Democratic Farmer Labour 2002 ''MNLEGCP02''MN House Constitution party 2002 ''MNLEGGI02''MN House Independent 2002 ''MNLEGWI02''MN House Write In 2002 ''GOVGP02''MN Governer Green Party 2002 ''GOVIP02''MN Governer Independence Party 2002 ''GOVR02''MN Governer Republican 2002 ''GOVDFL02''MN Governer Democratic Farmer Labour 2002 ''GOVCP02''MN Governer Constitution Party 2002 ''GOVI02''MN Governer Independent 2002 ''GOVSW02''MN Governer Socialist Workers 2002 ''GOVWI02''MN Governer Write In 2002 ''SOSGP02''MN Secretary of State Green Party 2002 ''SOSIP02''MN Secretary of State Independence Party 2002 ''SOSR02''MN Secretary of State Republican 2002 ''SOSDFL02''MN Secretary of State Democratic Farmer Labor 2002 ''SOSWI02''MN Secretary of State Write In 2002 ''AGIP02''MN Attorney General Independence Party 2002 ''AGR02''MN Attorney General Republican 2002 ''AGDFL02''MN Attorney General Democratic Farmer Labor 2002 ''AGWI02''MN Attorney General Write In 2002 ''AUDGP02''MN State Auditor Green Party 2002 ''AUDIP02''MN State Auditor Independence Party 2002 ''AUDR02''MN State Auditor Republican 2002 ''AUDDFL02''MN State Auditor Democratic Farmer Labor 2002 ''AUDWI02''MN State Auditor Write In 2002 ''USPRESGP04'' US President Green Party 2004 ''USPRESR04''US President Republican 2004 ''USPRESDFL0''US President Democratic Farmer Labor 2004 ''USPRESSE04''US President Socialist Equality 2004 '' USPRESSW04''US President Socialist Workers 2004 ''USPRESCF04''US President Christian Freedom 2004 ''USPRESBL04''US President Better Life 2004 ''USPRESC04''US President Constitution 2004 ''USPRESL04''US President Libertarian 2004 ''USPRESWI04''US President Write In 2004 ''USCONGI04''US Congress Independence 2004 ''USCONGR04''US Congress Republican 2004 ''USCONGDFL0''US Congress Democratic Farmer Labour 2004 ''USCONGWI04''US Congress Write In 2004 ''MNLEGI04''MN House Independence 2004 ''MNLEGR04''MN House Republican 2004 ''MNLEGDFL04''MN House Democratic Farmer Labor 2004 '' MNLEGWI04''MN House Write In 2004 '' USSENR06''US Senate Republican 2006 '' USSENDFL06''US Senate Democratic Farmer Labor 2006 ''USSENIP06''US Senate Independence Party 2006 ''USSENWI06''US Senate Write In 2006 ''GOVR06''MN Governer Republican 2006 ''GOVDFL06''MN Governer Democratic Farmer Labor 2004 ''GOVIP06''MN Governer Independence Party 2006 ''GOVWI06''MN Governer Write In 2006 ''AGR06''MN Attorney General Republican 2006 ''AGDFL06''MN Attorney General Democratic Farmer Labor 2006 ''AGIP06''MN Attorney General Independence Party 2006 ''AGWI06''MN Attorney General Write In 2006 ''SOSR06''MN Secretary of State Republican 2006 ''SOSDFL06''MN Secretary of State Democratric Farmer Labor 2006 ''SOSIP06''MN Secretary of State Independence Party 2006 ''SOSWI06''MN Secretary of State Write In 2006 ''AUDR06''MN State Auditor Republican 2006 ''AUDDFL06''MN State Auditor Democratic Farmer Labor 2006 ''AUDWI06''MN State Auditor Write In 2006 ''CONGR06''US Congress Republican 2006 ''CONGDFL06''US Congress Democratic Farmer Labor 2006 ''CONGIP06''US Congress Independence 2006 ''CONGWI06''US Congress Write In 2006 ''MNSENR06''MN Senate Republican 2006 ''MNSENDFL06''MN Senate Demcratic Farmer Labour 2006 ''MNSENIP06''MN Senate Independence 2006 ''MNSENWI06''MN Senate Write In 2006 ''MNLEGR06''MN House Republican 2006 ''MNLEGDFL06''MN House Democratic Farmer Labor 2006 ''MNLEGIP06''MN House Independence 2006 ''MNLEGWI06''MN House Write In 2006 ''USPRESR08''US President Republican 2008 ''USPRESDFL1''US President Democratic Farmer Labor 2008 ''USPRESGP08''US President Green Party 2008 ''USPRESSWP0''US President Socialist Workers 2008 ''USPRESIND0''US President Independent 2006 ''USPRESLIB0''US President Libertarian 2008 ''USPRESCP08''US President Constitution 2008 ''USPRESWI08''US President Write In 2008 ''USSENIP08''US Senate Independence Party 2008 ''USSENR08''US Senate Republican 2008 ''USSENDFL08''US Senate Democratic Farmer Labor 2008 ''USSENLIB08''US Senate Libertarian 2008 ''USSENCP08''US Senate Constitution 2008 ''USSENWI08''US Senate Write In 2008 ''CONGIP08''US Congress Independence Party 2008 ''CONGR08''US Congress Republican 2008 ''CONGDFL08''US Congress Democratic Farmer Labor Party 2008 ''CONGWI08''US Congress Write In 2008 ''MNLEGIP08''MN House Independence 2008 ''MNLEGR08''MN House Republican 2008 ''MNLEGDFL08''MN House Democratic Farmer Labor 2008 ''MNLEGWI08''MN House Write In 2008 ''CONGIP10''US Congress Independence Party 2010 ''CONGR10''US Congress Republican 2010 ''CONGDFL10''US Congress Democratic Farmer labor 2010 ''CONGWI10''US Congress Write In 2010 ''MNSENIP10''MN Senate Independence 2010 ''MNSENR10''MN Senate Republican 2010 ''MNSENDFL10''MN Senate Democratic Farmer Labor 2010 ''MNSENWI10''MN Senate Write In 2010 ''MNLEGIP10''MN House Independence 2010 ''MNLEGR10''MN House Republican 2010 ''MNLEGDFL10''MN House Democratic Farmer Labor 2010 ''MNLEGWI10''MN House Write In 2010 ''GOVIP10''MN Governer Independence 2010 ''GOVR10''MN Governer Republican 2010 ''GOVDFL10''MN Governer Democratic Farmer Labor 2010 ''GOVGP10''MN Governer Green Party 2010 ''GOVTRP10''MN Governer The Resource Party 2010 ''GOVGR10''MN Governer Grassroots Party 2010 ''GOVEDP10''MN Governer Ecology Democracy Party 2010 ''GOVWI10''MN Governer Write In 2010 ''SOSIP10''MN Secretary of State Independence 2010 ''SOSR10''MN Secretary of State Republican 2010 ''SOSDFL10''MN Secretary of State Democratic Farmer Labor 2010 ''SOSWI10''MN Secretary of State Write In 2010 ''AUDR10''MN State Auditor Republican 2010 ''AUDDFL10''MN State Auditor Democratic Farmer Labor 2010 ''AUDGP10''MN State Auditor Green Party 2010 ''AUDGR10''MN State Auditor Grassroots Party 2010 ''AUDWI10''MN State Auditor Write In 2010 ''AGIP10''MN Attorney General Independece 2010 ''AGR10''MN Attorney General republican 2010 ''AGDFL10''MN Attorney General Democratic Farmer Labor 2010 ''AGTRP10''MN Attorney General The Resource Party 2010 ''AGWI10''MN Attorney General Write In 2010 ''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
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation
Section 6	Distribution Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Publisher	LCC-GIS
Publication Date	Unknown
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur Director LCC-GIS 100 Dr. 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	tract2010
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Section 7	Metadata Reference Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Metadata Date	09/23/2008
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS 100 Dr. 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