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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census tract

To understand who faces the greatest risks, the researchers combined their pollution estimates with U.S. census data and mortality statistics at the census tract level.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026

The solar and lithium-ion battery project will be built within a census tract where more than a third of residents live in poverty — double the rate in Fresno County as a whole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

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

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