Census tract

Geographic region defined for the purpose of taking a census A census tract, census area, census district, or meshblock is a geographic region defined for the purpose of taking a census. Sometimes these coincide with the limits of cities, towns or other administrative areas and several tracts commonly exist within a county. In unincorporated areas of the United States these are often arbitrary, except for coinciding with political lines. Census tracts represent the smallest territorial entity for which population data are available in many countries. In the United States, census tracts are subdivided into block groups and census blocks. In Canada, they are divided into dissemination areas. In the U.S., census tracts are "designed to be relatively homogeneous units with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions" and "average about 4,000 inhabitants". By country Brazil The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics uses the term census sector (setor censitário). As of the 2022 Census, there were approximately 452,000 sectors in Brazil. Canada Since the 1941 census, Statistics Canada has divided Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and Census Aggl