I've used the following method which uses some custom programs written by
Warren Glimpse of Proxityone (
www.proximityone.com)
Here's a breif description:
Though there are many ways to develop such a file, here is one method. The
UAC and geocode hierarchy to get to the block level are contained in the
composite of Census 2000 UA TIGER/Line files 1, A, and I. The appropriate
TIGER/Line files can be downloaded from the Census server and processed with
the Proximity TGR2DBF software creating a dbase structured version for these
three TLFs. Next use TGR2DBF to create a census block-to-UA/UC code
equivalency file (BLKUA.DBF). Next acquire the county by census block
shapefile(s) from the Proximity map files website. Use the Proximity Cen2Shp
software to merge the UA/UC code from the BLKUA.DBF into the county by block
shapefile dbf. The augmented shapefile is now ready to support a display (or
data link) of census blocks by user selected UA/UC. View the results of this
process for the Lawrence, Kansas metropolitan area at
http://proximityone.com/urbrural.htm
Goto:
http://www.proximityone.com/cen2000.htm#tigerua for more details.
Ben Mauldin
Director of Research
Central Midlands Council of Governments