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I literally do not believe the map they posted with this article. Take a look at North Dakota on Google maps, satellite mode, labels off. It's still a grid of f
by titzer 6y ago
I literally do not believe the map they posted with this article. Take a look at North Dakota on Google maps, satellite mode, labels off. It's still a grid of farms and roads just as the rest of the midwest, just bigger blocks. Uninhabited? Not so much.
- handmodel 6y agoCensus blocks are not that big. There are 7M of them. You can see them in NYC here: https://popfactfinder.planning.nyc.gov/#11.61/40.764/-73.9911 https://popfactfinder.planning.nyc.gov/#11.61/40.764/-73.991... Things like parts of Central Park and Piers are there own blocks. So, unless they capture homeless people living there, the population is zero. My guess is in places like SD there are still plenty of farm areas, commercial areas, schools etc which have no people. South Dakota looks like it has 80k census blocks and 800k people.
- ineedasername 6y agoBecause there are no residents in those blocks. Literally no one lives there. That doesn't mean no one makes use of the Land, such as for farming, mining, etc. In the context of the census, land use is distinct from land habitation.