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How the Data Are Collected: 2007

A description of how the U.S. Census Bureau constructed the 2007 Governments Integrated Directory (GID) - the master list of all governments in the United States.

Population of interest - Describes the population units and classification of governments


Information collection - Methods used to collect information on governments


Data quality - Describes nonsampling errors and limitations of data


Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Lists & Structure of Governments | 1 (800) 242-2184 | govs.org@census.gov |  Last Revised: May 15, 2012