1970's Land use data refined with 2000 population data to indicate new residential development for the conterminous United States

This data set represents U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) historical Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) from the 1970's that has been refined with 2000 population density at the block group level to indicate new residential development representative of the early 2000's. Any area having a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile had been re-classified as "urban" land in this data set.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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modified 20201117
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publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • 2000-population
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  • amerigeoss
  • anderson-land-use-land-cover
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geographic-information-retrieval-and-analysis-system
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  • inlandwaters
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  • land-use
  • land-use-data-analysis
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  • national
  • north-america
  • residential-land-use
  • united-states
  • urban-land-use
  • urbanization
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maintainer U.S. Geological Survey
maintainer_email mierardi@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T09:55:49.508589
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T09:55:49.508593
notes This data set represents U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) historical Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) from the 1970's that has been refined with 2000 population density at the block group level to indicate new residential development representative of the early 2000's. Any area having a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile had been re-classified as "urban" land in this data set.
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title 1970's Land use data refined with 2000 population data to indicate new residential development for the conterminous United States