<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>U.S. Census Bureau and the Metropolitan Council</dc:creator><dc:description>This 'Redistricting' version of the census data is the first release of the data.  This 2000 census redistricting geography database of the 7 county metropolitan area and the additional 12 collar county area was developed from the U.S.  Census Bureau's Redistricting Census 2000 TIGER/Line files.  The Metropolitan Council downloaded this data from the Census Bureau's FTP site, imported it into ArcInfo coverage format, added a few items to the coverage, then created block, block group, tract, county subdivision (city), county, taz and water coverages and shape files from the original data.</dc:description><dc:description>For mapping and analysis of data from the U. S. Census Bureau.</dc:description><dc:description>2000</dc:description><dc:format>Files</dc:format><dc:identifier>us-mn-state-metc-society-census2000tiger</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Census 2000 Geography - Blocks, Block Groups, Tracts, TAZs, Counties, County Subdivisions and Water [Minnesota]</dc:title><dc:type>Datasets</dc:type><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Anoka County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Carver County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Dakota County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Hennepin County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Ramsey County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Scott County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Washington County</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota--Twin Cities Metropolitan Area</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Minnesota</dc:coverage><dc:contributor>Minnesota Geospatial Commons</dc:contributor></oai_dc:dc>