Service Description: Directional lines connecting the mean center of population of the United State from 1790 to 2020. Population centers are published by the US Census Bureau.
Service ItemId: f12a4c65ec1e4b558d328d24eaa6c8ee
Has Versioned Data: false
Max Record Count: 2000
Supported query Formats: JSON
Supports applyEdits with GlobalIds: False
Supports Shared Templates: True
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Description: The mean center of population represents a "point" where a flat and rigid representation of the country would balance if identical weights for each person were placed at their residence. Looking at the movement of the point over time helps convey information about the predominant population trend in the nation including areas loosing population or areas gaining population.
This layer contains lines connecting the center of population in each decade to the center of population in the prior decade. The starting point of the line is earlier period, the terminus of the line is the ending period.
Copyright Text: Tennessee State Data Center, US Census Bureau
Spatial Reference: 4326 (4326)
Initial Extent:
XMin: -93.15451775
YMin: 32.3988678918189
XMax: -75.3786772499999
YMax: 44.2924690011813
Spatial Reference: 4326 (4326)
Full Extent:
XMin: -92.346525
YMin: 37.4157250000001
XMax: -76.1866699999999
YMax: 39.275
Spatial Reference: 4326 (4326)
Units: esriDecimalDegrees
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Supported Operations:
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