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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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She had a census tract to cover on foot before 9 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

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

That estimate shows how much additional heat the built environment captures in each census tract across the studied cities.

From Seattle Times Aug. 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

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