Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 302):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 79 rows and 10 columns.

Offenses known to the police per 100,000 population. Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimated resident population as of July 1. For definitions of types of crimes, go to http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/about/offense_definitions.html

Footnotes

1. Due to reporting changes or annexations, figures are not comparable to previous years.
2. Forcible rape figures furnished by the state-level Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program administered
   by the Illinois Department of State Police were not in accordance with national UCR guidelines. Therefore,
   the figures were excluded from the forcible rape and Violent Crime and Crime Index total categories.
3. Louisville, KY, and Jefferson County, KY, Police Departments merged forming the
   Louisville Metro Police Department.
4. Did not provide complete data for 12 months.
5. Mobile, Alabama, population includes a redistribution of jurisdiction with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department.