The 1997 school district estimate files only contain data - no labels,
no table headers, no titles. A description of the contents of the files
can be found below or in the file "README" in the file directory.
I. File Organization:
The files in this directory contain estimates of population and poverty
for every school district in the United States. There is one file for each
of the States, the District of Columbia, and the entire United States. Each
file has geographical identifiers, including the Department of Education's
Common Core of Data (CCD) ID and District name, and estimates of the total
population, population of school-age children, and number of
poor school-age children related to the head of the household.
II. File Names
Two kinds of files are located here:
1) USSD97.dat (A large file containing the estimates for
every school district in the Nation)
2) sd97_[STATE].dat (Smaller files containing estimates for
every school district in an individual state)
where [STATE] = standard two-letter postal abbreviations.
III. Record Layout for Files
Position Variable
1- 2 FIPS State code
4- 8 CCD District ID
10-74 District Name
76-83 Estimated Total Population
85-92 Estimated Population of Children 5 to 17 years of Age
94-101 Estimated Number of Poor Children 5 to 17 years
of Age who are Related to the Head of Household
103-123 A tag indicating the file name and date of creation
Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates |
Last Revised:
April 29, 2013