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Census Blocks (2020, Massachusetts)

Every census block in Massachusetts as drawn for the 2020 census, with how many people and homes the census counted in it. A block is the smallest area the Census Bureau counts: in a city usually one street block, in the country an area bounded by roads, streams or property lines. Each block carries its population, adults, people 65 and over, race and Hispanic origin, people living in group quarters such as dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, and its housing units by whether they are occupied, owned or rented, vacant or kept for seasonal use. Good for counting the people and homes within walking distance of a transit stop, along a corridor or inside any small area a planner draws, and for maps of residential density street by street.

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US Census Bureau
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Census
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Fields

What each record holds, as the publisher describes it: 31 fields.

FieldDescription
geoid
Block identifier: state+county+tract+block
state_fips
State FIPS, always 25 (Massachusetts)
county_fips
County FIPS code
tract_geoid
Census tract identifier (first 11 characters of geoid)
bg_geoid
Block group identifier (first 12 characters of geoid)
block_number
Block number within the tract; its first digit is the block group
urban_rural
urban or rural, by the 2020 census urban areas
urban_rural_code
The Census Bureau's code: U or R
urban_area_code
2020 census urban area code; NULL for a rural block
aland_m2
Land area, square metres
awater_m2
Water area, square metres
pop_total
Total population
pop_18_plus
Population 18 years and over
pop_hispanic
Hispanic or Latino, any race
pop_white_nh
White alone, not Hispanic
pop_black_nh
Black or African American alone, not Hispanic
pop_amind_nh
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic
pop_asian_nh
Asian alone, not Hispanic
pop_nhpi_nh
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic
pop_other_nh
Some other race alone, not Hispanic
pop_two_plus_nh
Two or more races, not Hispanic
housing_units
Total housing units (an exact count)
housing_occupied
Occupied housing units, which is also the number of households
housing_vacant
Vacant housing units
pop_65_plus
Population 65 years and over
pop_group_quarters
Population living in group quarters rather than households
pop_gq_institutional
Group quarters population in institutions: prisons and jails, juvenile facilities, nursing homes
pop_gq_college
Group quarters population in college or university student housing
housing_owner_occupied
Occupied housing units owned by the people living in them, with or without a mortgage
housing_renter_occupied
Occupied housing units that are rented
housing_seasonal
Vacant housing units kept for seasonal, recreational or occasional use

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