[EL] Data help

[Edelman, Paul]

A search for population data which should be easy to come by has turned out to be surprisingly difficult.  I am hoping that someone on this list with more experience can help point me in the right direction.

The Town of Groton, CT districted itself into 7 voting districts in March, 2017.  I would like to get the population data (say from the 2010 census) for each of those districts.  Interestingly (at least to me and I would be happy to explain off-line why), the town itself says it does not have that data. The data they have, and that I can find elsewhere in CT, is the number of registered voters in each district.  The census software I have available actually breaks down population by voting districts, but, alas, is out-of-date and uses the old 8 district map from pre-2017.  The geographic specification for each district is about a page long, e.g.,

SECOND VOTING DISTRICT
Beginning at the northwest corner of this voting district at a point on the GROTON-NEW
LONDON town line; thence running due east to the intersection of Eastern Point Road and
Nicholas Avenue; thence running easterly with the centerline of Nicholas Avenue to Benham Road;
thence crossing Benham Road to Hynes Avenue and continuing easterly with the centerline of
Hynes Avenue to Brandegee Avenue; thence running northerly with the centerline of Brandegee
Avenue to Rainville Avenue; thence running easterly and northeasterly with the centerline of
Rainville Avenue to Poquonnock Road; thence running southeasterly with the centerline of
Poquonnock Road to a point on the east boundary of the City of Groton; thence running southerly
along the east boundary of the City of Groton to an angle point in the City of Groton boundary on
the south side of Poquonnock Road; thence running southeasterly along the City of Groton
boundary to the east boundary of the City of Groton; thence running southerly and southeasterly
along the east boundary of the City of Groton through Birch Plain Creek and Baker Cove; thence
running southerly along the east boundary of the City of Groton through Baker Cove and Fishers
Island Sound to the south boundary of the Town of Groton; thence running westerly along the
south boundary of the Town of Groton; thence running northerly along the GROTON-NEW
LONDON town line to a point due west of the intersection of Eastern Point Road and Nicholas
Avenue and to the point of the beginning. All areas lying within the foregoing boundaries shall
constitute the Second Voting District of the Town of Groton.

Trying to work with this description and census block data (which I actually don't have access too anyway) seems rather daunting.

Do any of you experienced hands out there have a suggestion as to how I might get this populations data? I keep thinking it must be easier than I have found it to be. Suggestions should be off-line, obviously, and I thank everyone in advance for their help.

Paul

Paul H. Edelman
Professor of Mathematics and Law
Vanderbilt University
paul.edelman at vanderbilt.edu
615-322-0990

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