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Notes:
Census 2000 information is released on a flow basis in a series of summary files, basically a set of predefined tables for various levels of geography.
Information from the short-form questions (100% data) is released first. Short-form information is included in the Redistricting Summary File, and Summary Files 1 and 2.
Summary File 3 information from the long-form (100% data plus additional questions on income, education, occupation, housing rent and value) is tabulated later in the process and will be available starting in the Summer of 2002.
Summary File 4 presents data similar to the information included in Summary File 3. These data are shown down to the census tract level for 336 race, Hispanic or Latino, and American Indian and Alaska Native categories, and ancestry groups that meet a specified minimum population size requirement.
SPEAKER NOTES: Because coding for write-in entries (place of work, ancestry, occupation) is required, the sample information takes longer to process and tabulate.
