FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001
Decennial Media Relations CB01-CN.02
301-457-3691/301-457-3620(fax) **REVISED**
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e-mail:2000usa@census/gov
Cathy McCully
301-763-0253/0254
Census Bureau Begins Releasing Census 2000 Maps For
Redistricting
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau has begun shipping to state
officials paper copies of three county-based maps - county block, voting
district/state legislative district outline and census tract outline
- used to support the Census 2000 Redistricting Data Program.
The delivery of the maps to the governors and legislative leaders of
each state, expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2001, precedes the
release of the Census 2000 population data which will be used to redraw
congressional and state legislative boundaries.
By law, the redistricting data must be delivered to the states by April
1, 2001. These data include total population and population 18
years and over by 63 race categories, non-Hispanic population for
the same race categories and Hispanic or Latino population for all levels
of geography down to the census block.
The block maps, the most detailed maps that the Census Bureau
publishes, show the Census 2000 tabulation block, block group and census
tract boundaries and codes. They also display boundaries for townships,
counties, American Indian areas and incorporated places.
The voting district outline maps show voting districts (election
precincts and wards) or state legislative districts, or both, as provided
by those states that participated in Phase 2 of the Redistricting Data
Program.
The census tract outline maps show the boundaries and the underlying
features (roads, railroads, rivers, county lines, etc.) that make up the
boundaries of the census tracts. They do not display the entire street
grid within a tract.
All three map types will be made available by May 2001 in PDF format
through the Census Bureau's online search-and-retrieval database, American
FactFinder.
The paper maps will go on sale to the public at a future
date. Information about availability and prices may be obtained via the
Census Bureau's homepage http://www.census.gov.
available free from Adobe.
