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census tract

American  

noun

  1. a standard area in certain large American cities used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for purposes of population enumeration.


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The annual three-night Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count is underway with volunteers fanning out to tally the number of unsheltered individuals, tents, vehicles and makeshift shelters they see in their assigned census tract.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

In 2015, the census tract that includes most of this stretch of Rainier Avenue and much of North Beacon Hill was 34% white and the annual median income was $48,000, per census estimates.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Each component of the index is derived from census data, and scores are available for each census tract and county in the United States.

From Science Daily • Sep. 20, 2023

The census tract where we began was 16% white, according to 2020 figures, with median household income of a little more than $60,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Of the 30,000 people who live in the Links’ census tract, 75 percent were born outside Georgia.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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