TIGER/Line(TM) Files, 1992 



                   TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION




                      Washington, D. C.


                             1993



                                                            


                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


                  Ronald H. Brown, Secretary
        Everitt Ehrlich, Designate Under Secretary for 
                       Economic Affairs





                     Bureau of the Census 
                Harry A. Scarr, Acting Director




















                    BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

              Harry A. Scarr, Acting Director

              Harry A. Scarr, Deputy Director

            Charles D. Jones, Associate Director
                    for Decennial Census

                 DATA USER SERVICES DIVISION

                Marshall L. Turner, Jr., Chief
           Marie G. Argana, Assistant Division Chief
          Richard L. Bitzer, Assistant Division Chief

                      GEOGRAPHY DIVISION

                     Robert W. Marx, Chief
           Jack R. George, Assistant Division Chief for
                        Geoprocessing
         Robert A. LaMacchia, Assistant Division Chief for
                           Planning

                        ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This technical documentation was prepared in the Geography 
Division by staff in the Geographic Base Development Branch 
including Andrew H. Flora, Jon Sperling, Robert Milligan, 
John Szemraj, Charles Duncombe, Analisa Rusnack, Henereta 
King, and Cheryl Clark under the guidance of Charles Dingman, 
Chief and R. B. Birdsong, Ann Summersell, and James Avore, 
Section Chiefs.  Special recognition goes to R. B. Birdsong 
and Robert Milligan who prepared the specifications for the 
1992 version, Donald I. Hirschfeld of the Geographic 
Assistance Staff who provided extensive assistance on 
geographic entity definitions, and Ilene Forsht and Pearl 
Miller who helped edit the document.

Programming for this version of the TIGER/Line(TM) file was done 
in the TIGER System Staff of the Geography Division by Sonya 
Desha under the guidance of Beverly Davis, Acting Chief.

Technical production and assistance were provided in the Data 
User Services Division by the Data Access and Use Branch, 
James P. Curry, Chief; Larry W. Carbaugh, Chief of the 
National Census Information Center Branch; Barbara Harris and 
David Shaw of the National Census Information Center Branch; 
and Barbara Aldrich of the Data Access and Use Staff.

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The file should be cited as follows:

   TIGER/Line Files(TM), 1992 [machine-readable data files] 
   /prepared by the Bureau of the Census. - Washington, DC:
   The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1993.


The technical documentation should be cited as follows:

   TIGER/Line Files(TM), 1992 Technical Documentation 
   / prepared by the Bureau of the Census.    
   - Washington, DC:  The Bureau, 1993.

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For additional information concerning the subject matter of 
the file, contact Larry Carbaugh, Data User Services 
Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC  20233-8300.  
Phone:  (301) 763-1384.

For additional information concerning the tape/CD-ROM, 
contact Data User Services Division, Customer Services (Order 
Desk), Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300.  
Phone:  (301) 763-4100.

For additional information concerning the technical 
documentation, contact the Data User Services Division, TIGER 
Staff, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC  20233-8300.  
Phone:  (301) 763-1384.

For additional information concerning the plans for further 
releases of similar information, contact the staff of the 
Geographic Base Development Branch, Geography Division, 
Bureau of the Census, Washington DC 20233-7400.  Phone:  
(301) 763-4664.