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I am only one person. You need to get feedback from others. • [[User:Sbmeirow|<span style="color:#8D38C9;">Sbmeirow</span>]] • [[User talk:Sbmeirow|<span style="color:#8D38C9;White;">Talk</span>]] • 21:15, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
== Standardization of State County Lists ==
While going through the various lists of the counties in each state, I have noticed that the sources of their figures for population and area vary from state to state. For example, some use total area (including water) (e.g. [[List of counties in Michigan|Michigan]]) while others use land areas (such as most states). To compound the issues, some of the figures for land area come from the 2000 census rather than 2010 (e.g. [[List of counties in Florida|Florida]]). On top of that, the population figures come from widely different sources; some come from the 2010 census (e.g. [[List of counties in Arkansas|Arkansas]], though there the figures are not sourced to census.gov), while others use post-2010 estimates (though many such estimates are severely outdated; [[List of counties in North Carolina|North Carolina]], for example, uses 2011 estimates). I propose that we standardize such lists so that all of them have population and area figures from the same source. Although it seems obvious that the area figures used should be the land area figures from 2010, I am unsure about which population figures to use. While the 2016 estimates are more current, I question both their credibility and the ability of the Wikipedia community to update the population figures on a yearly basis, so think the 2010 Census data may be preferable. Any thoughts? [[User:Us441|Us441]] ([[User Talk:Us441|talk to me]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Us441|My piece]]) 20:04, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
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