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        <idAbs>The mean center of population represents a &amp;quot;point&amp;quot; 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.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;</idAbs>
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        <idPurp>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.</idPurp>
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