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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 52;"><P STYLE="font-size:16ptmargin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>ab00222f - 2010 Census Tracts for Redistricting</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>2010 extracts containing geographic and cartographic information from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER (Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) database. These files support the 2010 Census Redistricting Data (P. L. 94-171) release. The files provide the digital map base for a Geographic Information System or mapping software. All legal boundaries and names are as of January 1, 2010. The boundaries shown are for Census Bureau statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>The attribute file are to be used for redistricting purposes only as it requires adjusting Census Public Law 94-171 data based on relocation of the Maryland incarcerated individuals at their last place of residence before incarcerated. This adjusted and updated data will only be used for Redistricting purpose in Maryland.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>Census tabulation blocks —the smallest of all the geographical areas and the building blocks for all other geographic areas. Census tabulation blocks nest within all other types of geography and follow physical features whenever possible. These areas are regenerated during each decennial census.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>Source: US Census Bureau, Maryland Department of Planning, Anne Arundel County OPZ GIS/Research Division</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI></UL><DIV><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV> |