Lists & Structure of Governments
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How the Data Are Collected: 2012
A description of how the Census Bureau constructed the 2012 Governments Master Address File (GMAF) - the master list of all governments in the United States.
Population of Interest - Describes the population units and classification of governments
Information collection - Describes methods used to collect information on governments
Data quality - Describes nonsampling errors and limitations of the data
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