Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: Public Law (P.L.) 94-171 Data

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Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: Public Law (P.L.) 94-171 Data

Creator

• United States. Bureau of the Census
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Author

• United States. Bureau of the Census

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• population
• race
• Hispanic or Latino origins
• states (USA)
• redistricting
• census
• census divisions
• congressional districts

Genre

• census

Summary

Public Law 94-171, enacted in 1975, directs the United States Census Bureau to make special preparations to provide redistricting data needed by the 50 states. It specifies that within one year following the Census Day (i.e., for Census 2000 by April 1, 2001), the Census Bureau must send the governor and legislature in each state the data they need to redraw districts for the United States Congress and state legislatures. These files provide data in a hierarchical sequence down to the block level (state, county, voting district/remainder, county subdivision, place/remainder, census tract, block group, block). The collection contains four tables: (1) a count of all persons by race (Table PL1), (2) a count of Hispanic or Latino and a count of not Hispanic or Latino by race of all persons (Table PL2), (3) a count of the population 18 years and older by race (Table PL3), and (4) a count of Hispanic or Latino and a count of not Hispanic or Latino by race for the population 18 years and older (Table PL4)