US census block group GEOID
ID us_census_block_group
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Identifier of a census block group, a cluster of census blocks inside one tract, generally with 600 to 3,000 people. The 12-digit GEOID is the 11-digit tract GEOID followed by the block group number, which is the first digit of the block numbers in the group.
- Parent datatype
- US Census Bureau GEOID
us_census_geoid - Categories
- Geographic identifiers, Government related
- Countries
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Quality
- 75/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^\d{12}$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 482012231001 | Block Group 1, Census Tract 2231, Harris County, TX |
| 170830104012 | Block Group 2, Census Tract 104.01, Jersey County, IL |
| 48201223100 invalid | 11 digits, a tract GEOID |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_block_group
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5058963
- doc: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-identifiers.html
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/us_census_block_group - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/US/geo/us_census_block_group.yamlon GitHub