National Growth and Development: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of ... , 94-1, September 4, 5, and 8, 1975

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Page 133 - South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Page 134 - The addition of up to two city names may be made in the area title, on the basis and in the order of the following criteria: (1) The additional city or cities have at least 250,000 inhabitants. (2) The additional city or cities have a population of one-third or more of that of the largest city...
Page 136 - The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the sample would differ from a complete census figure by less than the standard error. The chances are about 95 out of 100 that the difference would be less than twice the standard error. The...
Page 134 - A household consists of. all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A house, an apartment, or other group of rooms, or a single room, is regarded as a housing unit when it is occupied...
Page 135 - Persons employed at more than one job are counted only once in the census and are classified according to the job at which they worked the greatest number of hours during the reference week.
Page 134 - A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated persons, if any, such as lodgers, boarders, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated persons sharing a hous ing unit as partners, is also counted as a household.
Page 135 - Employed persons comprise (l)all civilians who, during the specified week, did any work at all as paid employees or in their own business or profession, or on their own farm, or who worked...
Page 136 - The reliability of an estimated percentage, computed by using sample data for both numerator and denominator, depends upon both the size of the percentage and the size of the total upon which the size of the percentage is based.
Page 133 - SMSA's is further classified as "in central cities" and "outside central cities." With a few exceptions, central cities are determined according to the following criteria: 1 . The largest city in an SMSA is always a central city. 2. One or two additional cities may be secondary central cities on the basis and in the order of the following criteria: a. The additional city or cities has at least 250,000 inhabitants.
Page 494 - The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality...

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