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Table 2 Sources of Population Data

From: Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: data characteristics and data sources for geographic studies of cancer

Dataset name

Source Agency

URL

Geographic Resolution

2000 Census Summary Files 1–4

US Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html

Census Tract, Block Group or Block (varies by data element)

American Community Survey

US Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/

Areas with populations >65,000

E-1 City/County Population Estimates, with Annual Percent Change

California Department of Finance

http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/Demograp/E-1text.htm

City/County

US Population Data, 1969–2001

National Cancer Institute

http://seer.cancer.gov/popdata/download.html

County