Appendix III--uniform crime reporting area definitions.The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR (Under Color Removal) A method for reducing the amount of printing ink used. It substitutes black for gray color (equal amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow). Thus black ink is used instead of the three CMY inks. See GCR and dot gain. ) Program collects crime data and supplemental information that make it possible to generate a variety of statistical compilations, including data presented by reporting areas. These statistics provide data users with the opportunity to analyze an·a·lyze v. 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. To separate a chemical substance into its constituent elements to determine their nature or proportions. 3. local crime data in conjunction with those for areas of similar geographic location or population size. The reporting areas that the UCR Program uses in its data breakdowns include community types, population groups, and regions and divisions. For community types, the UCR Program considers proximity to metropolitan areas using the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB OMB abbr. Office of Management and Budget Noun 1. OMB - the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget Office of Management and Budget ) designations. (Generally, sheriffs, county police, and state police report crimes within counties but outside cities; local police report crimes within city limits.) The number of inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. living in a locale (programming) locale - A geopolitical place or area, especially in the context of configuring an operating system or application program with its character sets, date and time formats, currency formats etc. Locales are significant for internationalisation and localisation. (based on the U.S. Census Bureau's figures) determines the population group into which the Program places it. Finally, in its geographic breakdowns, the UCR Program divides the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. into regions, divisions, and states. Community Types In order to assist data users who wish to analyze and present uniform statistical data about metropolitan areas, the UCR Program uses reporting units that represent major population centers. The Program compiles data for these areas according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. three types of communities: 1. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)--Each MSA (Metropolitan Service Area) An urban area with at least 50,000 people plus surrounding counties. There are 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs (rural service areas) in the U.S. MSAs and RSAs are used to allocate cellular licenses. contains a principal city or urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants. MSAs include the principal city; the county in which the city is located; and other adjacent counties that have, as defined by the OMB, a high degree of economic and social integration with the principal city and county as measured through commuting. In the UCR Program, counties within an MSA are considered metropolitan. In addition, MSAs may cross state boundaries Noun 1. state boundary - the boundary between two states state line border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete - a line that indicates a boundary . In 2004, approximately 82.9 percent of the Nation's population lived in MSAs. Some presentations in this publication refer to suburban areas, which are subdivisions of MSAs that exclude the principal cities but include all the remaining cities (those having fewer than 50,000 inhabitants) and the unincorporated areas In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i.e., a city or town with its own government. of the MSAs. Note: Because the elements that comprise MSAs (particularly the geographic compositions), are subject to change, the Program discourages data users from making year-to-year comparisons of MSA data. 2. Cities Outside MSAs--Ordinarily, cities outside MSAs are incorporated areas. In 2004, cities outside MSAs made up 6.8 percent of the Nation's population. 3. Nonmetropolitan Counties Outside MSAs--Most nonmetropolitan counties are composed of unincorporated areas. In 2004, 10.4 percent of the population resided in nonmetropolitan counties. Community types are further illustrated in the following table:
Metropolitan Nonmetropolitan
Principal Cities Cities outside
(50,000+ inhabitants) Metropolitan Areas
Suburban Cities
Metropolitan Counties Nonmetropolitan
Counties
Population Groups The UCR Program uses the following population group designations:
Population Group Political Label Population Range
City 250,000 and more
II City 100,000 to 249,999
III City 50,000 to 99,999
IV City 25,000 to 49,999
V City 10,000 to 24,999
VI City (1) Less than 10,000
VIII (Nonmetropolitan County) County (2) N/A
IX (Metropolitan County) County (2) N/A
(1) Includes universities and colleges to which no population is
attributed.
(2) Includes state police to which no population is attributed.
Individual law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). are the source of UCR data. The number of agencies included in each population group may vary from year to year because of population growth, geopolitical ge·o·pol·i·tics n. (used with a sing. verb) 1. The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation. 2. a. consolidation, municipal incorporation, etc. In noncensus years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time UCR Program estimates population figures for individual jurisdictions. (A more comprehensive explanation of population estimations can be found in Appendix I of this publication.) The table below shows the number of agencies contributing to the UCR Program within each population group for 2004.
Number of
Population Group Agencies Population Covered
I 71 53,606,547
II 181 26,997,995
III 439 30,187,431
IV 833 28,749,035
V 1,877 29,682,903
VI (1) 8,830 26,244,386
VIII (Nonmetropolitan County) (2) 3,105 30,432,316
IX (Metropolitan County) (2) 2,163 67,754,791
Total 17,499 293,655,404
(1) Includes universities and colleges to which no population is
attributed.
(2) Includes state police to which no population is attributed.
Regions and Divisions The accompanying map illustrates the four regions of the United States along with their nine subdivisions as established by the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census . The UCR Program uses this widely recognized geographic organization when compiling com·pile tr.v. com·piled, com·pil·ing, com·piles 1. To gather into a single book. 2. To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources: the Nation's crime data. The following table lists the 50 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). arranged according to the regions and divisions of the United States. NORTHEASTERN STATES Middle Atlantic New Jersey New York Pennsylvania New England Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont MIDWESTERN STATES East North Central Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Wisconsin West North Central Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota SOUTHERN STATES South Atlantic Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Virginia West Virginia East South Central Alabama Kentucky Mississippi Tennessee West South Central Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas WESTERN STATES Mountain Arizona Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Utah Wyoming Pacific Alaska California Hawaii Oregon Washington [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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