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1990 Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes - File Layout

The 1990 rural-urban commuting area files contain no labels, headers, or titles—only data. The records are laid out as follows:

Column Position Variable
1-12 FIPS state-county-tract code
1-2 State code
3-5 County code
6-12 Census tract code
15-18 Rural-urban commuting area code
20-24 Census tract population, 1990
26-34 Census tract land area, square miles, 1990
36 County metropolitan status, 1993 (1=metro,0=nonmetro)

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Updated date: January 20, 2004