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Codebook for Assignment 4, Question 2 data file ca_border_tracts.csv
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All data were downloaded from the 2019-2023 American Community Survey 
Units of observations: Census tracts in 2020 boundaries
California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon
 
 
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Data Dictionary
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GEOID: Census Tract ID

county: County name

state: State name

tract: Tract name

medincome: Median household income

rent: Median rental price (rental-occupied housing units)

pnewh: Percent of housing units built after 2000

medhval: Median housing value (owner-occupied housing units)

pwht: Percent of residents - non-Hispanic white

pblk: Percent of residents - non-Hispanic black

pasn: Percent of residents - non-Hispanic Asian

phsp: Percent of residents - Hispanic

region: 

Bay Area - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma
Southern California - Imperial, San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Other California - Counties in California not in Bay Area or Southern California
Oregon
Arizona
Nevada