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How can I split Census blocks?

We do not recommend altering the block geography provided by the Census Bureau. However, you can follow these steps if you must do so. Open a map* that includes Caliper’s Census block layer (ccBlock.cdf).You can open the Census block layer on its own, but we recommend having other reference layers available to help you make more …

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How Do I Create a Formula Field and Add It to My Summary Fields?

To add custom formula fields to your plans, you can add your formula fields to the maps your plans are based on (typically Block-VTD-County.Map or Block-Block Group-Tract-County.Map). You can follow the steps below to add custom formula fields to a map. Open the map you want to add a formula field to by doing File>Open, selecting …

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Where Do the Enacted Boundaries and Enacted Plans Come From?

The plan libraries installed with the redistricting data include plans such as: “Enacted Senate B-V-M-C”, “Enacted House B-BG-T-C”, or “Enacted Congress B-V-C”. Caliper creates the enacted boundaries for our default enacted plan libraries based on the Congressional and State Legislative codes the Census Bureau has provided for each census block. See this webpage from the …

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Which Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Fields are Included in the Data?

OMB Bulletin No. 00-02 – Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bulletins_b00-02.pdf ) provides Aggregation Guidance for using multiple responses regarding racial identity (such as from the 2020 Census), when entities report required racial data to the federal government.  The following table lists the OMB fields that Caliper provides along with the formulae …

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