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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:59:10 -0500
From: Barbara Levergood <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: address-based 2000 Census lookup
Sender: Barbara Levergood <[log in to unmask]>



** Cross posted to govdoc-l and maps-l **

An exciting development on the Census Bureau's American
FactFinder <http://factfinder.census.gov/>. Click on "Enter a street
address to find Census 2000 data" and you will not only be able to
get Census 2000 data, you can also get maps, and you can also
find out what geographies contain that address (state, county,
county subdivison, census tract, block, voting district, place,
congressional district (106), state legislative districts; since the
block group number is the first digit of the block number, you will
know that too).

One shortcoming I have seen is that the (approximate) location of
the address is not indicated on the map (as you might find in
Mapquest, for example).

Nevertheless, this is a very welcome and useful tool.

Barbara Levergood

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Barbara Levergood
Electronic Documents Librarian
Documents Section, Reference Department, CB #3912
Davis Library
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
919-962-1151, FAX: 919-962-5537
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