Interpolating U.S. Decennial Census Tract Data from as Early as 1970 to 2010: A Longitudinal Tract Database

Professional Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 412-420

  Logan, John R ^a   Xu, Zengwang ^b   Stults, Brian J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2010 Census; areal interpolation; census geography; census tract; population interpolation

Indexed keywords

AREAL INTERPOLATION; CENSUS; DATABASE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902359112     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2014.905156     Document Type: Article

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