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census block - [federal government] The smallest geographic entity for which the U.S. Census Bureau tabulates decennial census data. Many blocks correspond to city blocks bounded by streets, but blocks in rural areas may include several square miles and have some boundaries that are not streets. The Census Bureau established blocks covering the entire nation for the first time in 1990. Previous censuses dating back to 1940 had blocks established only for part of the nation.
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Source: esri, 14 February 2012 08:49:11, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation
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