Historic 2000 Census Block Groups

internal.open.piercecountywa.gov | Last Updated 31 Oct 2019

Historic 2000 Census Block Group polygons (have the same first digit of their four-digit identifiers within a census tract) for all of Pierce County, realigned to Pierce County roads, tax parcels, hydro, railroads, powerlines, etc. Population figures for race, ethnicity, median age, household size, household count, etc were downloaded from the US Census website and joined to this layer. Please read metadata for additional information (https://matterhorn.co.pierce.wa.us/GISmetadata/pdbis_census2000_block_groups.html). Any data download constitutes acceptance of the Terms of Use (https://matterhorn.co.pierce.wa.us/Disclaimer/PierceCountyGISDataTermsofUse.pdf).

This dataset has the following 22 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeSample Values
the_geomthe_geommultipolygon
OBJECTIDobjectidnumber
BLKGRPblkgrptext
NAMEnametext
TOTAL_POPtotal_popnumber
MEDAGEmedagenumber
MEDAGE_MALmedage_malnumber
MED_FEMALEmed_femalenumber
WHITEONLYwhiteonlynumber
BLACKONLYblackonlynumber
AIANONLYaianonlynumber
ASIANONLYasianonlynumber
NHOPIONLYnhopionlynumber
OTHERONLYotheronlynumber
TWOPLUSRACtwoplusracnumber
HISPANIChispanicnumber
HOUSEHOLDShouseholdsnumber
AVEHOUSSIZavehoussiznumber
FAMILIESfamiliesnumber
AVEFAMSIZEavefamsizenumber
Shape__Areashape_areanumber
Shape__Lengthshape_lengthnumber