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Census Blocks are from Census 2000 SF1 and Census 2010 SF1 files. Census Blocks "are statistical areas bounded by visible features, such as streets, roads, streams, and railroad tracks, and by nonvisible boundaries, such as selected property lines and city, township, school district, and county limits and short line-of-sight extensions of streets and roads."

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Census Block Names

Year File Types
2000 dta, sas, csv, desc
2010 dta, sas, csv, desc

Census Block Distance Data

Year Census Block Distance (mi) File Types
2000 0.5 dta, sas, csv, desc
2000 1 dta, sas, csv, desc
2010 0.5 dta, sas, csv, desc
2010 1 dta, sas, csv, desc

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