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NHGIS — census geography crosswalks via Portal: links schools (ncessch) and colleges (unitid) to tracts, block groups, CBSAs (1990-2020). Census demographics NOT in Portal — access NHGIS directly. Use for linking education data to census geography.

When to use

• linking schools to census geography
• linking colleges to census geography
• census geography crosswalks
• connecting school data to demographics
• geographic crosswalk tables
• linking K-12 schools to tracts
• linking colleges to CBSAs

When not to use

• accessing census demographic data via Portal
• retrieving income, poverty, race, or education attainment from Portal

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