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Class: BlockGroup

a statistical division within a census tract, typically containing between 600 and 3,000 people, which is used by the Census Bureau to present demographic data at a smaller, more localized level than the entire census tract.

URI: synthetic_population_schema:BlockGroup

classDiagram class BlockGroup click BlockGroup href "../BlockGroup" BlockGroup : county_fips_code BlockGroup : fips_code BlockGroup : households BlockGroup --> "*" Household : households click Household href "../Household" BlockGroup : state_fips_code BlockGroup : tract_fips_code

Slots

Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
fips_code 0..1
String
Federal Information Processing Standard code, is a unique numeric identifier ... direct
tract_fips_code 0..1
String
Tract FIPS code direct
state_fips_code 0..1
String
State FIPS code direct
county_fips_code 0..1
String
County FIPS code direct
households *
Household
Households within the block group direct

Usages

used by used in type used
Tract block_groups range BlockGroup

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self synthetic_population_schema:BlockGroup
native synthetic_population_schema:BlockGroup
exact wikidata:Q5058963

LinkML Source

Direct

name: BlockGroup
description: a statistical division within a census tract, typically containing between
  600 and 3,000 people,  which is used by the Census Bureau to present demographic
  data at a smaller, more localized level than  the entire census tract.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema
exact_mappings:
- wikidata:Q5058963
slots:
- fips_code
- tract_fips_code
- state_fips_code
- county_fips_code
- households

Induced

name: BlockGroup
description: a statistical division within a census tract, typically containing between
  600 and 3,000 people,  which is used by the Census Bureau to present demographic
  data at a smaller, more localized level than  the entire census tract.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema
exact_mappings:
- wikidata:Q5058963
attributes:
  fips_code:
    name: fips_code
    description: Federal Information Processing Standard code, is a unique numeric
      identifier assigned to geographic areas like  states and counties within the
      United States, used primarily by the Census Bureau to identify locations when  analyzing
      population data.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema
    exact_mappings:
    - wikidata:Q917824
    rank: 1000
    alias: fips_code
    owner: BlockGroup
    domain_of:
    - State
    - PUMA
    - County
    - Tract
    - BlockGroup
    - School
    range: string
  tract_fips_code:
    name: tract_fips_code
    description: Tract FIPS code.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema
    rank: 1000
    is_a: fips_code
    alias: tract_fips_code
    owner: BlockGroup
    domain_of:
    - BlockGroup
    - School
    - Person
    range: string
  state_fips_code:
    name: state_fips_code
    description: State FIPS code.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema
    exact_mappings:
    - wikidata:Q5440257
    rank: 1000
    is_a: fips_code
    alias: state_fips_code
    owner: BlockGroup
    domain_of:
    - PUMA
    - County
    - Tract
    - BlockGroup
    - School
    - Person
    range: string
  county_fips_code:
    name: county_fips_code
    description: County FIPS code.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema
    exact_mappings:
    - wikidata:P882
    rank: 1000
    is_a: fips_code
    alias: county_fips_code
    owner: BlockGroup
    domain_of:
    - Tract
    - BlockGroup
    - School
    - Person
    range: string
  households:
    name: households
    description: Households within the block group.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/sierra-moxon/synthetic-population-schema
    rank: 1000
    alias: households
    owner: BlockGroup
    domain_of:
    - BlockGroup
    range: Household
    multivalued: true