Census Places 2020 #24
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| ### How was the dataset created? | ||
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| Utah's 2020 census geographic boundaries became available in February 2021 and the demographic redistricting legacy files (the 2020 Census Redistricting P.L. 94-171 Summary Files) became available on August 12, 2021. The Census Bureau released a user-friendly version of the 2020 Census Redistricting P.L. 94-171 Summary Files on September 30, 2021. UGRC, in collaboration with the Analytics Group at [WFRC](https://wfrc.org/) used that August 12 release to create ready-to-use GIS data in several formats. You can learn more about these offerings on [our website](https://gis.utah.gov/blog/2021-08-31-census-2020-redistricting-data/). |
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question: i would be interested to read how ugrc and wfrc used the census data to create this. I assume some decisions were made to pick and choose parts of the census data rather than simply mirroring it. I assume it is filtered etc. Understanding those choices could help a consumer choose between this data and going to the source.
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I agree that would be helpful. @gregbunce do you have more insight on this?
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this post explains it a bit. it's also linked on the data page for this layer.
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| This dataset is the most current and complete dataset for incorporated municipalities and CDPs in Utah. All 2020 census geographies reflect boundaries as of January 1, 2020. Additional GIS files and support products are available on the US Census Bureau [Redistricting Data Page](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html#P2). |
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question: don't we have other data sets geared at cities, metro townships, and municipal boundaries? What makes them different? How is this more complete? Is it some sort of union of the data above? I assume the census source data is the most complete and we publish a subset?
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Digging in, we have muni and metro township boundaries (polygons) and city/town points, which makes this our only unincorporated place boundary dataset. But I agree, I think the muni boundaries are the ones we should be advertising as most current and complete. Does this dataset get updated throughout the decade, or only at each decennial census?
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at the moment, we only update this data on the decennial cycle. this dataset targets a specific user who is specifically looking for census-based data. otherwise, yeah, we would steer them to the political boundary layers that we create and provide.
agreed, this is the only layer with census-designated place. i'm not sure if it gets updated more frequently than every 10 years. if so, it would be int he ACS datasets.
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| This dataset is the most current and complete dataset for incorporated municipalities and CDPs in Utah. All 2020 census geographies reflect boundaries as of January 1, 2020. Additional GIS files and support products are available on the US Census Bureau [Redistricting Data Page](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html#P2). |
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Digging in, we have muni and metro township boundaries (polygons) and city/town points, which makes this our only unincorporated place boundary dataset. But I agree, I think the muni boundaries are the ones we should be advertising as most current and complete. Does this dataset get updated throughout the decade, or only at each decennial census?
Co-authored-by: Jake Adams <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Jake Adams <[email protected]>
Current draft for the Census Places 2020 metadata.