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TIGER/Line(TM) Files, 1992
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
Washington, D. C.
1993
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Ronald H. Brown, Secretary
Everitt Ehrlich, Designate Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs
Bureau of the Census
Harry A. Scarr, Acting Director
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Harry A. Scarr, Acting Director
Harry A. Scarr, Deputy Director
Charles D. Jones, Associate Director
for Decennial Census
DATA USER SERVICES DIVISION
Marshall L. Turner, Jr., Chief
Marie G. Argana, Assistant Division Chief
Richard L. Bitzer, Assistant Division Chief
GEOGRAPHY DIVISION
Robert W. Marx, Chief
Jack R. George, Assistant Division Chief for
Geoprocessing
Robert A. LaMacchia, Assistant Division Chief for
Planning
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This technical documentation was prepared in the Geography
Division by staff in the Geographic Base Development Branch
including Andrew H. Flora, Jon Sperling, Robert Milligan,
John Szemraj, Charles Duncombe, Analisa Rusnack, Henereta
King, and Cheryl Clark under the guidance of Charles Dingman,
Chief and R. B. Birdsong, Ann Summersell, and James Avore,
Section Chiefs. Special recognition goes to R. B. Birdsong
and Robert Milligan who prepared the specifications for the
1992 version, Donald I. Hirschfeld of the Geographic
Assistance Staff who provided extensive assistance on
geographic entity definitions, and Ilene Forsht and Pearl
Miller who helped edit the document.
Programming for this version of the TIGER/Line(TM) file was done
in the TIGER System Staff of the Geography Division by Sonya
Desha under the guidance of Beverly Davis, Acting Chief.
Technical production and assistance were provided in the Data
User Services Division by the Data Access and Use Branch,
James P. Curry, Chief; Larry W. Carbaugh, Chief of the
National Census Information Center Branch; Barbara Harris and
David Shaw of the National Census Information Center Branch;
and Barbara Aldrich of the Data Access and Use Staff.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The file should be cited as follows:
TIGER/Line Files(TM), 1992 [machine-readable data files]
/prepared by the Bureau of the Census. - Washington, DC:
The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1993.
The technical documentation should be cited as follows:
TIGER/Line Files(TM), 1992 Technical Documentation
/ prepared by the Bureau of the Census.
- Washington, DC: The Bureau, 1993.
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For additional information concerning the subject matter of
the file, contact Larry Carbaugh, Data User Services
Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300.
Phone: (301) 763-1384.
For additional information concerning the tape/CD-ROM,
contact Data User Services Division, Customer Services (Order
Desk), Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300.
Phone: (301) 763-4100.
For additional information concerning the technical
documentation, contact the Data User Services Division, TIGER
Staff, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300.
Phone: (301) 763-1384.
For additional information concerning the plans for further
releases of similar information, contact the staff of the
Geographic Base Development Branch, Geography Division,
Bureau of the Census, Washington DC 20233-7400. Phone:
(301) 763-4664.