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

The analysis showed that women who lived in the same census tract as at least one Superfund site were about 30% more likely to be diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 30, 2025

“If the country continues on this path, the SVI for every single county and census tract is going to be maxed out,” climatologist Becky Bollinger wrote on Bluesky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025

West of Lake, Black and Latino residents made up a majority of the population in every Altadena census tract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

A census tract in the Crossroads area is labeled “disadvantaged” by the federal government’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool due in part to “linguistic isolation” of over 90%.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 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