Subject Matter Description Demographic, economic, and governmental data are presented for 3,358 variables for the purpose of multi-county comparisons or single county profiles. Current estimates and benchmark census results are included. There are three fields on the file that can be used to identify counties which are in metropolitan areas as of June 30, 1995. The time periods covered for each data item vary. Because the data comes from different source agencies and from different programs within the same source agency, the user is cautioned to check the related footnote file entries for the various data items.
Footnotes can relate to either the data or geography being presented.
Many of the footnote entries relate to cells with zero data. Many of the BEA footnotes, as well as some Census sources and most non-Census sources, relate to the geography of the county areas. The counties with the data, as well as the independent cities with zero data, would have footnote entries. All five counties would have footnote entries. Other areas with a significant number of footnotes would be Arizona and New Mexico, which each had a new county created during the 1980's, and Alaska, which has had several major changes in the way county areas have been handled over the years.