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Title: "NTAD: Bureau of the Census Urbanized Area Boundaries" (2004)
 
Description: The Bureau of the Census Urbanized Area Boundaries data set contains boundary information for urban areas with a population greater than 50,000. The data set includes boundaries for urban areas in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. A UA may contain both place and nonplace territory. The U.S. Census Bureau delineates UAs to provide a better separation of urban and rural territory, population, and housing in the vicinity of large places. At least 35,000 people in a UA must live in an area that is not part of a military reservation. The data provide users with information about the locations, names, and size of urban areas. The data are used primarily for national planning applications.
 
Keywords and Themes: Polygons, Territories, Urban,
 
Filename Prefix: boc_uza
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Mapped Drive Folder: /fedgov/bts/ntad04/polygon/boc_uza/
Total size of data files: 4.78 MB
 
Data Type: ESRI Shapefile
Feature Type: Polygon
Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
Datum: D_WGS_1984Map Units: Decimal degrees

Spatial Extent: United States
Source Scale: The Bureau of the Census Urbanized Area database was derived from the TIGER data base. It was created from data created 100,000 or better and as such has a positional accuracy of +/- 80m.

Created by: US Bureau of the Census (BOC)
Released by: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Content Date: 2000
Published Date: 20040503

Collection Name: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2004
Physical Location: Reference Gov. Docs. CD Cabinet
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Acquired Date: 20040901
Distribution Restrictions: Public Domain

Note: Acknowledgment of the The Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics(BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database(NTAD) 2004 would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

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Record ID: 2475_ntad04

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